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Dec 12, 2019 · Wales' response to this trend is to start a non-profit alternative to Facebook. In October, he launched WT Social, a site that contains no advertisements and vows not to sell user data.
Nov 18, 2019 · The co-founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, has unveiled a new social network that’s designed to go against the ad-funded models loved by Facebook, Google and Twitter. Perhaps not surprisingly ...
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Nov 19, 2019 · Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has launched a new social media platform that proclaims to be the antithesis of industry giants Facebook and Twitter. Called WT:Social, it allows people to post ...
Nov 18, 2019 · Thousands flock to Wikipedia founder's 'Facebook rival'. The founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, says his new social network, WT:Social, now has more than 160,000 members. The platform says it will ...
Nov 14, 2019 · Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales thinks he can create a better social network. Called WT:Social, the network has no financial association with Wikipedia, but operates on a similar business model ...
Nov 16, 2019 · SAN FRANCISCO ( CBS Interactive) -- Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has quietly rolled out a new social network that is intended to get right what Facebook and Twitter have so far been getting ...
Early life and education. Wales was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on August 7, 1966; however, his birth certificate lists his date of birth as August 8. His father, Jimmy Sr., was a grocery store manager, while his mother, Doris Ann (née Dudley), and his grandmother, Erma, ran the House of Learning, a small private school in the tradition of the one-room schoolhouse, where Wales and his three ...
