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July 29, 2004
Jimmy Wales on the Wikipedia
Posted by Clay Shirky
Good slashdot interview with Jimmy Wales, founder of wikipedia., covering some of the challenges of running a large distributed social project.
And the beginning of this question…
What methods have you found that work best for getting people not only involved in contributing, but also keeping them contributing to the Wiki?
Jimmy Wales:
Love. It isn’t very popular in technical circles to say a lot of mushy stuff about love, but frankly it’s a very very important part of what holds our project together.
brought tears to my eyes. It’s great to see someone go into the belly of the ‘tech is all’ beast and tell the truth about emotional forces…
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