Some people discover Depths of Wikipedia on TikTok, where Annie creates more engaging content. The following on Instagram is bigger, and she admits that curating content there is easier. "I think TikTok is fun, and I like the way you can use sound and timing, but it's definitely more effort to make a post."
In June of 2023, Annie started cooking a vegan perpetual stew and decided to share it with the public. She started hosting 'stew nights' in her neighborhood in Bushwick, Brooklyn, where people could come to eat and contribute to the stew with their ingredients. It lasted for 60 days and ended in August of 2023.
The perpetual stew stint was similar in its philosophy to what Annie is doing with Depths of Wikipedia. It's people coming together to make something good. "I love Wikipedia and all, but I do get a little sick of it,” Rauwerda told Grub Street. "This is just really fun 'cause it's a reminder that, like, I don't have to be the Wikipedia girl all the time. I can take a break and be the stew girl."
For now, Annie is also working on a book about the cultural history of Wikipedia. "If you like the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, just wait for the printed not-encyclopedia that you pay money for," she wrote on her website in 2023. "It’ll be [a] cultural history of Wikipedia with as much of its goofy content as possible."
