Steven Walling wrote:
Putting the utter stupidity of discussing Jimbo's sex life at all aside, I will say that this episode rings true for me in one important sense. As an employee of a for-profit wiki, I've had the *entire* 20+ person staff agree unanimously that they love Wikipedia despite Jimmy Wales, emphasis on the "despite". Part of me recognizes that all this hullabaloo is a product of the media's inane focus on the cult of celebrity, but still...wouldn't we just be better off without him? My moral compass swings to a resounding Yes.
I can't see that it will make much difference at all to the site. There is a giggle factor to his being taken in by this Circe, but that alone is not adequate reason for fomenting a coup.
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