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[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

[–]blowininthewind 2 insightful - 4 fun2 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

aaron schwartz did an experiment a long time ago and wrote an article called 'who writes wikipedia?' in which he points out that there's an inner circle of wikipedia users, a couple hundred people, formatting and re-organizing all the articles on it, making well over half the edits on the entire site. yet the bulk of information is contributed by the masses, he concludes.

i've seen conservative wikipedia somewhere. i forgot where. but if you could provide a source that'd be great.

also, in the future, please have constructive conversations that are based on facts, not opinions.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

making well over half the edits on the entire site. yet the bulk of information is contributed by the masses, he concludes.

Ya, but no.

The majority of the edits were tiny, from punctuation to grammar tweaks to adding a citation here and there. Meanwhile, the bulk of the article bodies were written by people who made only a few big contributions rather than hundreds or thousands of tiny one like the "core" editors/janitors.

Fact: Conservapedia, Metapedia, and InfoGalactic, among others, all exist.

please have constructive conversations that are based on facts

LOL.

[–]blowininthewind 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

fucking chill already. i'm just a layperson who think about these things a lot and have some ideas about where things might go from here.

aaron became aaron because he wrote a lot of useful code, made a lot of real effort to change the world. from a very early age he excelled at both of these, and thus people made a documentary about him, the internet's own son. so when he's thirty years old, some of his programs became standards of the internet, and some of his ideas became congressional bills (SOPA, i think, look at his wikipedia page, or .gov page if you don't trust wikipedia).

if you really want to mold the world by your will, earn some serious money, write some really nice code, develop neat pieces of technology. then you have a real say in this world. because you can give your money away and become a part of an interest group or you can use your technology to gain productivity at scale.

humanity 101: we value productivity. whomever provides we respect.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I am chill. No matter how many times you claim I'm not won't change that.

the internet's own son.

They glossed over some of his human minor flaws but it was an excellent documentary.

Aaron was against SOPA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz#Opposition_to_the_Stop_Online_Piracy_Act_(SOPA) You seem to be able to recall things but invert them.

earn some serious money

That's only possible if you sell out and support the establishment.

write some really nice code, develop neat pieces of technology.

We're trying to develop decentralized alternative platforms for truth-seekers (/s/Cassy, /s/PhoenixForum). I'm not I.T. so I can only try to help organize and manage and host instances.

then you have a real say in this world.

Or - on those instances (when they actually come online), as a 30+year professional animator and director I will be developing, managing, producing, and publishing counter-propaganda.

humanity 101: we value productivity. whomever provides we respect.

Great slogan!