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  3. WikWok | WikWok transforms your Wikipedia reading experience into an engaging, scroll-based article feed [TikTok like].

WikWok | WikWok transforms your Wikipedia reading experience into an engaging, scroll-based article feed [TikTok like].

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    I'm a person that saw this and thought "YES!".

    It's a way to make my mindless scrolling a little bit less mindless. It's not a Wikipedia alternative it's a tiktok alternative (I don't use tiktok, but I understand why people do, my attention span is also shattered). Obviously it's not going to replace looking things up on Wikipedia, and I love exploring links in Wikipedia articles, but you don't know what you don't know so this seems like a good way to learn about things you didn't know you were interested in.

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      #22

      nice app

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        It's an interesting idea. Could be a way to catch interest and education.

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        • mubelotix@jlai.luM [email protected]

          I have fdroid and it tells me the link is broken. Maybe it's a repo I don't have

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          Me too. It says "app not found". I can't find it either if I search directly into F-Droid.

          By the way, I've enabled all anti-features.

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            Already finding this nicer then TikTok.

            And my partner also likes it!

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            • S [email protected]

              Me too. It says "app not found". I can't find it either if I search directly into F-Droid.

              By the way, I've enabled all anti-features.

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              I fixed it by enabling the setting to show apps not compatible with my device

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                #27

                Wow this is neat! It's making Wikipedia more engaging, something I could actually read more regularly.

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                • O [email protected]

                  I've seen this idea before

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                  Thanks... I think

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                  • mubelotix@jlai.luM [email protected]

                    Link seems broken

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                    This is a new app. You need to manually force a refresh of the fdroid repo by pulling to refresh.

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                      #30

                      Bruh I think f-droid is deluded sometimes, like what do they want 💀

                      I guess being able to connect to any Wikimedia site sounds like a nice feature, but I wouldn't call that an "anti-feature".

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                      • C [email protected]

                        I mean there's not too many other ways you could make a scrolling Wikipedia feed and it all sounds terrible. Wikipedia is at its best when feeding a rabbit hole via nested links to the concepts that underlie what you are already learning about.

                        This person is probably trying to build a portfolio of applications they can say they've made so they can get a job doing something useful. Smashing a new ui on old info is a relatively brainless way to do that, and doesn't require much critical thought.

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                        While @[email protected] called it algotrash, a system that curates would be better than a random feed.

                        I.E. asks for interests up front, then tailor as you read.

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