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> meanwhile its creator is heavily involved in running for-profit Fandom that just so happens to solve that problem? My understanding is that the series of eve
by bawolff 2y ago
> meanwhile its creator is heavily involved in running for-profit Fandom that just so happens to solve that problem?
My understanding is that the series of events was - stuff kept getting rejected from wikipedia, so jimmy and some other people made wikicities (now fandom). I dont think its coincidence that jimmy saw a business oportunity, but wikipedia rejecting stuff came first, and jimmy does not control wikipedia processes.
- vintermann 2y ago> jimmy does not control wikipedia processes He and the employees of his organization obviously had an outsized influence on it.
- bawolff 2y agoIn the very early days maybe, but his influence waned a lot faster than you would expect.