Jimmy Wales
speaker
6,110 appearances
12 recordings
11 series
first heard Jun 2023
last heard 21 Jun
Jimmy Wales’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So, you know, I feel like I'm a big fan.
Actually, one place I enjoy hanging out on Reddit is Buy It For Life.
I don't really hang out there, but I go there when I need a shopping recommendation.
Buying for life is like this concept of, I want to buy something that's really going to last.
And if it breaks, they've got a lifetime guarantee and they're going to actually live up to it.
And I think that's good business.
I think companies that treat people well and do the right things tend to be successful and then, you know, and shitification can happen and
They go downhill.
Yeah.
What does that mean in practice?
So in practice, and we've got some great examples of that, it's so when somebody shows up to Wikipedia and you see them editing and you're like, that's not quite right, then your default assumption should be, well, they're trying to help, but they just don't know quite what they're doing.
Even if they're being obnoxious?
Even if they're being obnoxious.
And in fact, I mean, sometimes a little bit, yeah, I'm going to assume good faith, but you know, and so we'll say things like, and we don't, we're not always perfect at this, but like, if you come and vandalize Wikipedia, I hope you'll get a message saying, thank you for your test edit.
And in fact, yes, it does go live immediately.
So please, you know, don't do that again.
And let's, here's some, here's a page to get you started and some tips.
We have a
There's a great story in the book of Emily who started editing Wikipedia as a teenager.
And her first edits to Wikipedia were vandalism.
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