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AFAIK a large part of why it hasn't yet been corrupted has been the total lack of greed on behalf of founder Jimmy Wales. Kudos to you, Jimmy (and team). Keep
by fumblebee 5y ago
AFAIK a large part of why it hasn't yet been corrupted has been the total lack of greed on behalf of founder Jimmy Wales.
Kudos to you, Jimmy (and team). Keep up the great work.
- billiam 5y agoThat's basically it. Naked Greed and convincing yourself that monetizing a thing you think you invented but which invariably turns out to be people's attention is always good in and of itself. I've been in or inside lots of wonderful things created as the Internet has evolved, and almost all end up this way.
- respondo2134 5y agoHe's extracted a pretty good life from wikipedia, but nothing compared to your typical SV start-up founder would demand, so I'm totally OK with this.
- NaturalPhallacy 5y agoOh it's definitely been corrupted: https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/ https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/ Note the article is written by the same guy who wrote the email in the original post.