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Why is Apple Network Server commonly one of the most read articles of the day? (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 months ago by rabber to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe there's some kind of automated health tracker that ping Wikipedia to figure out if it's connected to the internet

[–] rabber 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if that also explains why "null" is another common top article

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I could definitely see that being an issue where some people with automated wiki workflows are accidentally stringifying a null value and looking it up