Since launching last month, WT:Social is approaching 50, users, according to Mr Wales, doubling in the past week alone. The company only has a handful of staff, including developers and a community manager. Several well-meaning alternatives to Facebook have come and gone over the years, from Ello to Diaspora.
Even Snapchat, with more than m daily active users, is considered small by the standards of the giant networks owned by Facebook and Google. Wikitribune was launched with a high-profile crowdfunding campaign in but it ultimately failed to attract a large audience. One flaw in Wikitribune was its attempt to cover stories that appealed to readers all over the world.
Instead, WT:Social hopes to build smaller, niche communities that can sustain themselves. After the failure of Wikitribune, Mr Wales admitted he faces an uphill struggle.
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Initially, Birdwatch notes will not be directly visible on Twitter for users outside of the pilot group, but will be visible on the Birdwatch site. For now, Twitter says each set of notes will also have its own permalink, which users can include in replies to tweets. Twitter says its new crowd-sourced fact-check thing starts with users who run the political gamut, per their follows, likes, etc.
Diverse is the key word. And the less biased it might be. The Wikipedia community has spent years trying to correct its biases; Twitter will need to work hard to prevent bias from creeping in from the beginning, since even the appearance of bias will be damaging.
And, not surprisingly, some high-profile Twitter users are already dubious. Additionally, we plan for Birdwatch to have a reputation system in which one earns reputation for contributions that people from a wide range of perspectives find helpful. Twitter says it will monitor the Birdwatch community closely and remain in regular communication with participants, in part through a dedicated community manager.
Yes ok this feature is going great pic. If names are tied to these fact-checks, White foresees harassment problems. Can you imagine if instead the person to mark the tweet had just been some average person using her real name? The Twitter spokesperson told me in an email that the company is aware of the risks. Even without harassment, Twitter faces a more fundamental quandary: How do you get Twitter users to give their free labor to begin with?
Will Twitter users display the same motivation as editors of Wikipedia or Reddit moderators or the people who answer questions on Stack Overflow or Quora? Certainly not folks in the lower quadrant of the K-shaped recovery who are working 3 jobs just to stay afloat. White can think of a few factors that motivate people to do free labor in online communities, like personal interest, connection to a topic or group, or a sense of power.
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