Wikipedia co-founder reveals new 'trustworthy' social media platform Trust Cafe

[Hemiauchenia]

Speaking on LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr, Mr Wales said that the idea behind the platform was to "replace social networks that really feed on attention, and like and shares".

"We're a small pilot project, we've got people discussing and talking," he said.

"And the idea is to replace social networks that really feed on attention, and likes and shares and all that and instead, the votes of trustworthiness based by trustworthy members of our community. We'll see how it goes.

"This is completely independent from Wikipedia, by the way."

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/wikipedia-co ... rust-cafe/

Any bets on how long it takes after launch to turn into a complete ghost town like WT.social?

[Vigilant]

Speaking on LBC's Tonight with Andrew Marr, Mr Wales said that the idea behind the platform was to "replace social networks that really feed on attention, and like and shares".

"We're a small pilot project, we've got people discussing and talking," he said.

"And the idea is to replace social networks that really feed on attention, and likes and shares and all that and instead, the votes of trustworthiness based by trustworthy members of our community. We'll see how it goes.

"This is completely independent from Wikipedia, by the way."

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/wikipedia-co ... rust-cafe/

Any bets on how long it takes after launch to turn into a complete ghost town like WT.social?

Putting "Trust Cafe" into google gives this link which is a subdomain of wikitribune's main site.

This pops up if you click login or register.

WTS 1.0 accounts will be merged onto this platform soon.

It's already dead, Jim.

[Vigilant]

Going here gives you the who's who of the next Wales failure.

[The Blue Newt]

WTS 1.0 accounts will be merged onto this platform soon.

It's already dead, Jim.

“It’s death, Jim. But not death as we know it.”

[Boing! said Zebedee]

"And the idea is to replace social networks that really feed on attention, and likes and shares and all that..."

That reads to me like "We want to replace social networks with something that doesn't have any of the things people like about them."

[iii]

Any bets on how long it takes after launch to turn into a complete ghost town like WT.social?

I had to remind myself what WT.social was.

Maybe that link will help out others. This is ripe for blogposting. NOT-IT! (Note that I've never been "it".)

[Banderas22]

The design and UX has the elegance of a free Wordpress template.

[Emptyeye]

Reading just the thread title, I was certain this was going to be another Larry Sanger joint.

I see I was wrong, but c'mon, you can't blame me for thinking that, right?

[thekohser]

Any bets on how long it takes after launch to turn into a complete ghost town like WT.social?

Funny, I read what you wrote as "how long it takes after lunch to turn into a complete ghost town", but I guess for all intents and purposes, it's really the same thing.

[Vigilant]

wt.social is pining for the fjords.

[utbc]

that really feed on attention, and like and shares

Oh the irony

[thekohser]

Here is a convenient search audit of Trust Cafe's content (by results and branches):

"cats of course" - All Results (4995) | Branches (95)

"wikipedia" - All Results (305) | Branches (21)

"Jimmy Wales" - All Results (178) | Branches (6)

"transgender" - All Results (151) | Branches (4)

"sports" - All Results (132) | Branches (6)

"Donald Trump" - All Results (117) | Branches (4)

"Gaza" - All Results (98) | Branches (4)

"Joe Biden" - All Results (66) | Branches (6)

"Elon Musk" - All Results (54) | Branches (5)

"Vladimir Putin" - All Results (39) | Branches (1)

"football" - All Results (30) | Branches (2)

"eclipse" - All Results (27) | Branches (1)

"Boeing" - All Results (23) | Branches (2)

"stock market" - All Results (23) | Branches (1)

"cryptocurrency" - Found 17 search results

"cricket" - All Results (13) | Branches (1)

"dating" - All Results (11) | Branches (1)

"furry" - All Results (7) | Branches (1)

"Kansas City Chiefs" - All Results (3) | Branches (1)

"Meghan Markle" - Found 3 search results

"Rishi Sunak" - Found 2 search results

"bikini" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match

"cosplay" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match

"Kamala Harris" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match

"Kate Middleton" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match

"Lauren Boebert" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match

"Mike Pence" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match

"Pete Buttigieg" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match

"Philadelphia Eagles" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match

"poker" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match

"Stormy Daniels" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match

"Volodymyr Zelenskyy" - We're sorry, we couldn't find an exact match


Priorities seem to be in order.

[Vigilant]

He and Jimbo should team up for the next venture.

[Randy from Boise]

Priorities seem to be in order.

Hey Greg! Glad to see you back around these parts!

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