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Hi, I'm Jimmy Wales the founder of Wikipedia and co-founder of Wikia (now renamed to Fandom.com). And now I've launched https://WT.Social - a completely independent organization from Wikipedia or Wikia. https://WT.social is an outgrowth and continuation of the WikiTribune pilot project.
It is my belief that existing social media isn't good enough, and it isn't good enough for reasons that are very hard for the existing major companies to solve because their very business model drives them in a direction that is at the heart of the problems.
Advertising-only social media means that the only way to make money is to keep you clicking - and that means products that are designed to be addictive, optimized for time on site (number of ads you see), and as we have seen in recent times, this means content that is divisive, low quality, click bait, and all the rest. It also means that your data is tracked and shared directly and indirectly with people who aren't just using it to send you more relevant ads (basically an ok thing) but also to undermine some of the fundamental values of democracy.
I have a different vision - social media with no ads and no paywall, where you only pay if you want to. This changes my incentives immediately: you'll only pay if, in the long run, you think the site adds value to your life, to the lives of people you care about, and society in general. So rather than having a need to keep you clicking above all else, I have an incentive to do something that is meaningful to you.
Does that sound like a great business idea? It doesn't to me, but there you go, that's how I've done my career so far - bad business models! I think it can work anyway, and so I'm trying.
TL;DR Social media companies suck, let's make something better.
Proof: https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1201547270077976579 and https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales/status/1189918905566945280 (yeah, I got the date wrong!)
UPDATE: Ok I'm off to bed now, thanks everyone!
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Hi all! We ( /u/ScheisskopfFTW and I) are back again for another AMA about Lily, Lily's List, and our life and journey of having a medically fragile child and then subsequently how we went on to build our family.
If you would like to check out last years AMA here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/a0mrdg/my_daughter_died_from_zellweger_syndrome_my_wife/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
TLDR: Lily was diagnosed with Zellweger Spectrum disorder at 2 days old. She was missing a large portion of her brain, was blind, oxygen-dependent, and suffered from constant seizures. We had NO idea that she was going to be born with this condition. We learned that day, she would not live longer than 6 months. We had a long, fulfilling, but stressful and exhausting 5 months with Lily. After she died my husband and I felt purposeless, so we started Lily's List. Lily's List is a nonprofit organization that specializes in sending boxes of items to help families with medically fragile children organize their home lives. None of these items are covered by insurance but drastically change the quality of life for the children at home.
We also learned that this condition is genetic and autosomal recessive. Any future children of ours have a 25% chance of being affected by this disorder. Thus, my husband and I chose to pursue IVF with Pre-Genetic Testing to test to make sure we didn't have another child affected by Zellweger Syndrome. Since then we have welcomed a healthy baby girl into this world, who is a carrier (but not affected) by Zellweger syndrome.
Please ask us ANY questions. No question is off-limits. My husband and I are incredibly open about our life with lily and everything after.
Last year we raised over $4,000 from awesome donors like you on Reddit. This year our goal is to help 20 families by raising $4,500 this giving Tuesday! Donate by clicking the following link: https://lilyslist.networkforgood.com/projects/84968-givingtuesday
Post your questions here for today's discussion on the genetics of music and rhythm.
https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/e5h7aa/science_discussion_series_we_are_a_panel_of/
G'day all my people, sorry if i have bad grammar i am from denmark.
i work at a local shop in denmark called kvickly, and i've been working here for 2 years. You can ask anything about me and the shop.
Why i started:
I just started working here 2 years ago because i was in need of some money (for games haha) and there was a job application open. And i have been working here ever since!
Proof: https://imgur.com/ctDzVLl https://imgur.com/undefined
My best friend that works here too: https://imgur.com/ZgV8L1r https://imgur.com/CMiOztm https://imgur.com/L2BoIO1
Ask me anything about the bakery, delikatess where my friend makes daily food, hyigene in there and about what ever you want
proof (my volunteer shirt + username) : https://imgur.com/a/whHwkNY
article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilroy_Garlic_Festival_shooting
I was volunteering at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on July 28th when the shooting occured. I was in a tent close to where the gunman was, but thankfully I was able to run away safely. Four people ended up dying, two children, one young adult, and the gunman. Ask me anything.
Edit: 1:03 p.m. CST USA, I look forward to coming back and answering more questions later this evening. Thank you kindly to all who have taken the time to visit my post! Talk soon.
Greetings my fellow redditors!
I'm Kara, here's my proof And another proof ! :) I'm 44 and work from home handcrafting hollow books in lovely Stillwater, MN, USA. About 9 years ago I walked off my day job as a gallery guard at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art and took up making books full time along with my husband.
In a nutshell:
I graduated art school in '98 (studied painting and drawing)
During college also took a fortuitous course in book arts
Struggled with bipolar issues and past trauma issues throughout school and afterwards
Liked painting kind of sort of? Unsure who I am? OK weird.
Feared other people seeing my work (not good when trying to make money making art)
Did odd jobs for 10 odd years (counting out drill bits, teaching basic papermaking, horrible stint at The Gap, horse-carriage driving, stuffing envelopes, selling luggage, a nice stint at Barnes & Noble...)
Fast-forward to my day job as gallery guard:
Midnight walked off shift that was supposed to end at 11 p.m.
Joyfully started full-time at home job as hollow bookmaker
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