The founding partner of the famous free encyclopedia Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, has launched a new social network rivaling Facebook and Twitter, called "WikiTribion Social" or abbreviated "WT: Social" (WT: Social).
Lies says his new initiative is aimed at people who want to share facts and promote a collaborative approach to generate high-quality journalism, which is essentially a platform for sharing real news with fruitful discussions and better connections.
Users will be able to participate in discussions in a news feed similar to Facebook and will be asked to join different communities after subscribing to the site, ranging from politics to technology, including specialized topics such as beekeeping, the Financial Times reported.
The about us page in the new social network states that it will not sell user data and will therefore rely on a donation-based business model, which will keep the platform free of advertising that Wales believes is a problem, according to his interview with the Financial Times.
WT: Social was launched last month, with more than 50,000 users and more than 200 people donating the site.
Users can join the new network immediately, but for now, in order to actually participate in it by adding articles or topics there is a long queue for new users.
To skip the queue you have to pay "to support our mission financially for social networking without selling user data," which is a subscription to the site either monthly ($ 13) or annual ($ 100).
Wells said in the same interview that the platform "will not be very profitable but will be sustainable."
The new platform is actually a version of WikiTribion, launched two years ago as a "collaborative media site", but has not yet succeeded because of its global orientation. WT: Social now aims to meet the needs of smaller communities, but Multiple time to keep the same.