Jimmy Wales

If you say, oh, but Jimmy, I saw you make quite a pointed statement about Internet public policy and freedom of expression.

I'm like, yeah, that's relevant to me.

Like it does matter.

That is my fight.

Like I've got Wikipedians who've been arrested in various places for speaking the truth.

I've got, you know, like all these things going on.

And it's like actually open public discourse is a value that means a lot to keep Wikipedia going.

So I'm going to I'm going to go to bat for that any way I can.

But I do think it's a mistake, right, if sort of I start a campaign.

I mean, maybe just in my private life when I'm retired, I'm never going to retire.

I'm just like, this is my life.

But, you know, maybe I'll pick up a cause and start campaigning for that.

But broadly, I don't think I should because it doesn't work.

And so, you know, another example that I probably am out of step with a lot of my friends, which is to say, like, when Jeff Bezos, you know, instructed the Washington Post to not endorse a presidential candidate,

I actually think that's a good idea.

I think he was right.

Although the timing was terrible, like doing it just before the election, it was interpreted as him doing a favor for Trump or whatever, or that he secretly supports Trump, which I doubt, you know, whatever.

But if they had done it at a proper time, say after the previous midterm elections or something, you know, sort of just like, okay, like we're done.

And the evidence, there's like research on this that shows that political endorsements by newspapers lowers people's trust in the journalism even

Because you suddenly are like, well, like now is the news headline.