Who Builds The Internet? Meet Wikipedia's Architects

In the ever-expanding digital universe we inhabit, where information zips across the globe in an instant and connectivity knows no bounds, promises of freedom, information, and equality rattle through the hardware. The internet, once a fledgling network of limited possibilities, has blossomed into an all-encompassing tapestry of knowledge so big that it would take an individual approximately 57 years nonstop to visit every single webpage.

The whole wide world is connected through the world wide web. As is the protocol for humanity, the internet is not immune to the hierarchical caste systems that plague society. Digital pecking orders are often defined by interpersonal spheres. The one I'm most familiar with? Celebrities, top. Net-native journalists, top. Influencers, mid-tier. Edgelords, mid-tier. Redditors and shitposters, bottom. Everyone has a place, except for the chronically overlooked "builders," the ones who make this all work. Who builds the backbone for digital democracy?