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Jimmy Wales

Founder of Wikipedia

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"Jimmy Wales" flair from r/IAmA's moderators on his AMAs

We retrieved 2 posts and 15 comments from u/jimmywales1, dated 2013 to 2019, most often in r/IAmA, r/worldnews and r/europe.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “IamA Jimmy Wales from Wikipedia and as of this week I am the founder of WikiTribune AMA!”

Do you think you're more known as the (co-)founder of Wikipedia, or as the guy on Wikipedia always asking for money?

u/jimmywales1 replied

Hahaha. A few years ago a watch company surprised me by asking me to be a model in their advertisements. The ads did very well in China for some reason. In my internal fantasy land, I like to pretend that…

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Hahaha. A few years ago a watch company surprised me by asking me to be a model in their advertisements. The ads did very well in China for some reason.

In my internal fantasy land, I like to pretend that I'm actually most known as a watch model in China: https://amotimes.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/untitled.jpg

Ha!

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “IamA Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia now trying a totally new social network concept WT.Social AMA!”

Is a hotdog a sandwich?

u/jimmywales1 replied

I am a structure purist. A hotdog is not a sandwich. I accept that there are other viewpoints in the world and I can live together with them harmoniously. I may not invite them back to the 4th of July…

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I am a structure purist. A hotdog is not a sandwich.

I accept that there are other viewpoints in the world and I can live together with them harmoniously. I may not invite them back to the 4th of July if they make a big issue out of it. :)

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “IamA Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia now trying a totally new social network concept WT.Social AMA!”

While WT.Social sounds like a noble idea and I'm excited to check it out, are you at all worried that it will be held back by the fact that the name isn't fun or catchy? I admit it's silly, but sadly this kind of thing matters when trying to attract users.

u/jimmywales1 replied

Well, it's short and memorable at least. It's short for "WikiTribune Social" which was just a long thing to type and maybe not so memorable.

I don't know. Hard to find a great domain name these days.