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Jimmy Wales
@jimmy_wales
You know, the wiki guy
Sep 29, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Yes, Macarius and thank you for asking. Anyone who sees stories like this from time to time and wonders what it is about, please read. And please RT this thread widely so that this can be better understand. 1/ The way Wikipedia works is that literally any one person anywhere in the world can nominate a page for deletion. This kicks off a process of deliberation where people discuss and "vote" whether or not the page should be deleted. 2/
Jul 7, 2023 • 23 tweets • 3 min read
The government are ramming through this Online Safety Bill even though it is a travesty of justice which will make the UK Internet obviously less safe. 1/ "The more closely one looks at this Bill, the clearer it is that it is the instrument of greatest censorship that we have introduced since the liberalisation of the 1960s. " - Lord Moyland 2/
Oct 27, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
I just want to mention that if you're worried about Elon Musk buying twitter, then you should look at the alternative pilot project I'm working on. wt.social We're getting closer to releasing a total rewrite of the software, we call it wts2, and we need funding to get it done. Let me tell you a little bit about here, but really go sign up (and please sign up as a financial supporter) and start getting ready by inviting and discussing
Feb 7, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
The New York Times is protected by Section 230, and by the First Amendment. Facebook is protected by Section 230, and by the First Amendment. There is no such thing in Section 230 as the distinction between a "publisher" and a "platform". The New York Times can exercise editorial judgment, and it can moderate comments by the public on their website, without being responsible for everything that everyone does. That's a good thing.
Nov 6, 2019 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
My new social network wt.social now has over 25,000 members and growing. That's growth of 23,500 in a week. 1/ That growth at wt.social came about due to a small bit of press in Germany. I've deliberately not talked about it to the English language press as we dealt with some traffic issues. 2/
Jan 8, 2019 • 7 tweets • 1 min read
A lot of people I respect and admire are questioning any network decision to show Trump's speech tomorrow night live. I disagree. 1/ I agree with the general principle that the media has played into his hand far too much. The obsessive attention to every idiotic thing he tweets is absurd. 2/