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I've been contributing to infobitt now for about a year. I think the idea of breaking a story down into individual facts linked to sources is interesting. The g

I've been contributing to infobitt now for about a year. I think the idea of breaking a story down into individual facts linked to sources is interesting. The game changer will come when we start adding value beyond that. There are some ideas percolating on that front. So I would encourage anyone interested to get on board and see where this takes us.

sparkzilla 12y ago
Are you being paid, or is there a revenue share? If not, I wonder what your motivation is.
- tyang 12y ago
  Yeah, crazy right? Folks already contributing hundreds of hours for free for some time. I can't imagine someone doing free work and writing, ranking restaurant reviews, editing, citing, writing pieces of encyclopedia entrees or electing Presidents like in 2008. Grassroots wha?
  - sparkzilla 12y ago
    Getting free contributions works for Wikipedia because it is not a business, has no ads and it's supported by donations. And because people get ego value from getting their contributions on a large, popular site. However, if the intention is to use free content to make the owners (and VCs) rich, then I am not sure that is a sustainable business model in the long term.
    - tyang 12y ago
      Quora and Yelp are for profit.
      - sparkzilla 12y ago
        Yes, and their models are unsustainable. I wouldn't be an investor in any company that uses free labor.