Category: Larry Sanger

Wikipedia Co-founder Larry Sanger: Why Wikipedia Has Failed and What to Do About It

“Wikipedia made a real effort at neutrality for, I would say, its first five years or so. And then … it began a long, slow slide into what I would call leftist propaganda,” says Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger. What was the original vision for Wikipedia? And why did its neutrality policy collapse? Sanger says he’s…


Decentralize Social Media, Wikipedia Co-Founder Says

Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has proposed a way to decentralize social media that could defang censorship and improve privacy. Sanger, who parted ways with Wikipedia almost two decades ago over the project’s direction, is now working on developing technical standards that could strip power over social media from giant companies and give users more control…