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May 21, 2024 · In this interview, Dr. Larry Sanger, the co-founder of Wikipedia, talks about: 1. The commercialization of knowledge and the role of open-source technology 2. The rise of online quizzes and ...
May 16, 2024 · Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, is a philosopher and advocate for online freedom. He’s critical of Wikipedia’s reliability and has launched his own blockchain-based project, Everipedia, to address these concerns. Sanger’s vision for the future of knowledge platforms emphasizes transparency, inclusivity, and accessibility.
1 day ago · Co-founded in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, Wikipedia boasts 60.7 million pages attracting 2 billion “unique device visits” every month, as of late May. Wikipedia's promise to volunteer editors: anonymity and privacy. Its promise to readers: unbiased articles. But there were conflicts in this encycutopia from the start.
1 day ago · Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger founded Wikipedia in 2001 as a feeder project to supplement Nupedia. The project was originally funded by Bomis , Wales's for-profit business, and edited by a rapidly growing community of volunteer editors.
3 days ago · Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia, has parted ways with his original creation because — as it is now often said — ‘the inmates are running the asylum.’. Wikipedia has become a conflicted platform where many pages are largely controlled by special interest agenda editors and deeply-entrenched ideological parties.
6 days ago · Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger. Image courtesy of LinkedIn. 150Sec spoke to one of Wikipedia’s original co-founders, Sanger who — despite leaving the project in 2002 — shared his thoughts on online knowledge platforms on today’s internet, ahead of this month’s Pioneers conference in Austria.
3 days ago · Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has separated from Wikipedia due to his objection to the direction it has taken. Read about his Declaration of Digital Independence here.
