Revival of Truth: Wikipedia Co-Founder Joins Blockchain-Based ‘Everipedia’
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 8:26 am
“People that I would say are trolls sort of took over. The inmates started running the asylum,” said an outspoken critic of Wikipedia in an interview with Vice in 2015. The speaker was none other than Dr. Larry Sanger, who also happens to be one of the site’s co-founders.
Dr. Sanger, who earned a PhD in Philosophy from Ohio State University, conceptualized Wikipedia and was the only paid editor of Wikipedia shortly after its creation. However, Vice reported that Sanger became disillusioned with the platform when troubles with other users began. “Some of them [were] trolls, who plagued Sanger with ‘edit ... (read more)