Everyone Uses Facebook and Everyone Hates It

Facebook may have close to 500 million users, but it has one of the lowest scores on the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which ranks how people respond to certain companies. That means you like paying taxes slightly more than Facebook. More »

The Revenge of a Booted Fox News Babe

Aspiring fameball Rachel Marsden once loved Fox News mastermind Roger Ailes like an uncle — even after his henchmen booted Marsden from the building. No more: in a "novel" she's shopping, Ailes is the "blubbery" villain. More »

Wikipedia Gridlocked by Wikipedia Nerds

Wikipedia was probably pretty cool a few years back when you could just get a wild hair and immediately post up an article on The Artifacts, or whatever. But now it's run by a dead-ender Debbie Downer "deletionist" nerd army. More »

Tech Playboy's Pimp Card

Ohhh yeahhh, baby: Jimmy Wales did just hand you a picture of his dapper self, giving you The Look. You know, the sultry one he's used on a long line of women. The look that says, "this card means business." More »

Why Is Wikipedia a Boys Club? Men Are Dumb

Only about one in eight Wikipedia contributors and editors are women, according to a study by the online encyclopedia's own nonprofit operator. An unfortunate example of sexism? More like an example of the easily conned male ego. More »

If AP Can't Beat the Google Spammers, It Will Join Them

Ever clicked on some high-ranked Google result, only to land on a useless page of links, obviously created by spam software? Infuriating. Well, prepare to be maddened further; the Associated Press, avowed hater of the internet, will spam Google too. More »
Apparently, mind-doctors are still using the Rorschach Test to diagnose the vapors, hysteria, and brain disequilibrium in their patients. And they're hopping mad, because Wikipedia has published the answers. More »

How Censorship Finally Helped Wikipedia's Co-Founder

Jimmy Wales had an image problem. After bending his online encyclopedia's rules for a lover and, allegedly, for a benefactor, the Wikipedia co-founder faced rebuke and embarrassment. Then the New York Times made him a hero. More »

How the Crescent City Revealed Wired's Plagiarizing Editor

How did the Virginia Quarterly Review connect Chris Anderson's book to Wikipedia, thus unraveling a plagiarism scandal? A strange use of parentheses. More »

Wired Editor Steals Content for Book About How Content Should be Free

Chris Anderson has been caught lifting huge chunks out of Wikipedia for his book Free. The irony speaks for itself. But it's worth noting that the Wired editor's excuses are disconcertingly clichéd. More »

The Case for Insane Scientology Cyborgs on Wikipedia

Wikipedia recently banned the Church of Scientology and its associates from contributing to the collaborative reference site. But maybe this is what the Scientologists wanted Wikipedia to do. More »

Wikipedia to Scientologists: 'Get the F#@% Out!'

In a rather extraordinary effort to crack down on the Church of Scientology's obsessive policing of its online public image, Wikipedia has banned all IP addresses owned or affiliated with Scientology from making edits to entries on its website. More »

Valleywag: An Instruction Manual

Dear Ryan:

As I head to NBC to run its Bay Area site, I'm leaving you one Silicon Valley gossip blog, used but in good condition. A few thoughts on how to keep it that way. More »

Wikipedia is just like a big city — complete with sleazy guys ogling women.