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Jimbo's next failed business venture
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 1:45 am
by Kumioko
So it looks like Jimbo has conned some more people into funding his next failure. A news oriented social networking site. Anyone want to start taking bets on how long this one lasts?
Here's the link:
https://reclaimthenet.org/wikitribune-social-wt-social/
Re: Jimbo's next failed business venture
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 4:11 am
by Anyone
This from April 2019:
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales wanted to save journalism. He didn't.https://www.wired.co.uk/article/jimmy-wales-is-having-another-crack-at-wikitribuneAccording to other former staffers (who asked not to be named), that was not the project’s only miscalculation. They paint a picture of generalised improvisation and lack of direction, in which founders scrambled to chart a way forward while failing to grasp the practicalities of journalism and news-gathering. Wales wanted to rescue journalism, but, to his team, it was not clear whether he understood journalism in the first place.
Peter Bale wrote:Jimmy’s frame of reference about journalism is that it’s easy, it’s just a nice turn of phrase. That comes from believing that the wiki-way means you can do anything.
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WT Socialhttps://wt.social/https://wt.social/about-us
Re: Jimbo's next failed business venture
Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2019 9:23 am
by CrowsNest
I'll take three months. There you go, pointless answers to a pointless question given.
But anyway, I'm all ears. Kumioko, what are your thoughts on the benefits and drawbacks of a donation funded news focused social network? Why do you think of Jimmy's reasoning for reimagining his original WikiTribune concept so soon? Or rather, retooling the thing for what appears to be a third time now?
Mod note: removed the Kumioko-harassment. In before complaining: please don't do it. Next time I won't spend time saving the valuable "criticism", I'll just delete the whole post. Thank you. -- JuiceBeetle
Re: Jimbo's next failed business venture
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 6:51 am
by JuiceBeetle
The End wrote:JuiceBeetle wrote:Cleanup request?
Yes, please.
Done