{"id":141,"date":"2020-10-17T15:51:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-17T10:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/?p=141"},"modified":"2020-10-19T20:29:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T15:29:40","slug":"wt-social-media-by-wikipedia-wikitribune-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wt-social-media-by-wikipedia-wikitribune-review\/","title":{"rendered":"WT Social Media by Wikipedia|Wikitribune Social Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents (TOC)<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999999;color:#999999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999999;color:#999999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wt-social-media-by-wikipedia-wikitribune-review\/#What_is_Wikitribune_Social\" title=\"What is Wikitribune Social?\">What is Wikitribune Social?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wt-social-media-by-wikipedia-wikitribune-review\/#Story_of_WT_Social\" title=\"Story of WT Social\">Story of WT Social<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wt-social-media-by-wikipedia-wikitribune-review\/#Unique_Features_of_WT_Social\" title=\"Unique Features of WT Social\">Unique Features of WT Social<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wt-social-media-by-wikipedia-wikitribune-review\/#Comparison_of_WT_Social_with_Twitter_Facebook\" title=\"Comparison of WT Social with Twitter &amp; Facebook\">Comparison of WT Social with Twitter &amp; Facebook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wt-social-media-by-wikipedia-wikitribune-review\/#Review_of_WT_Social_aka_Wikitribune\" title=\"Review of WT Social a.ka. Wikitribune\">Review of WT Social a.ka. Wikitribune<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wt-social-media-by-wikipedia-wikitribune-review\/#is_WT_Social_Paid_or_Free\" title=\"is WT Social Paid or Free? \">is WT Social Paid or Free? <\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wt-social-media-by-wikipedia-wikitribune-review\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Wikitribune_Social\"><\/span>What is Wikitribune Social?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wikitribune social, also known as WT social is a Social medium owned by Wikipedia&#8217;s founder. It was announced by Jimmy Wales (co founder of Wikipedia). Finally, Most awaited <a href=\"https:\/\/wt.social\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WT.social<\/a> was launched in October 2019. WT social is often referred to as an alternative to Facebook and Twitter by many authors. However its algorithm and core features are different from those of of Facebook and Twitter. Let&#8217;s review this new microblogging website in detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Story_of_WT_Social\"><\/span>Story of WT Social<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Wales\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">founder of Wikipedia<\/a> Jimmy Wales took a new initiative to create a new social platform named as \u201cWT.Social\u201d (Wikitribune Social). WT.Social was launched on October 2019 and it looks like a combination of Wikipedia (Editing nature of Wikipedia) with Social Media. Jimmy Wales designed WT.Social to be a social media network. He launched WT.Social as a rival of Twitter and Facebook. Because there are many fake news circulated on Twitter and Facebook, so he wants to give authentic news to the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unique_Features_of_WT_Social\"><\/span>Unique Features of WT Social<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>WT.Social provides evidence based news with related links and clear sources.<\/li><li>Users of WT Social are able to edit and flag ambiguous links.<\/li><li>WT.Social allows users to share links to news websites with other users in sub wikis.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, WT Social also believes in citation and sources like its parent Wikipedia. Personally, i like this feature, along with the Talk page inherited from Wikipedia. I have signed up already, if you do too, feel free to connect with using this link : <a href=\"https:\/\/wt.social\/u\/ahmad-affan\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ahmad Affan at WT Social<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Comparison_of_WT_Social_with_Twitter_Facebook\"><\/span>Comparison of WT Social with Twitter &amp; Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Algorithms of Twitter and Facebook ensure that posts with most likes and comments will be shown on the top of the feed. But on the other hand in WT.Social allow newest links at the first.<\/li><li>Almost everything on the platform is editable, which is not common in other social media platforms.<\/li><li>Lack of functionality of social interaction with friends as compared to other media platforms.<\/li><li>Other social media platforms provide easy and direct search but WT.Social won\u2019t structure these services in a similar way.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Review_of_WT_Social_aka_Wikitribune\"><\/span>Review of WT Social a.ka. Wikitribune<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Need improvements in architecture. Jimmy Wales and his team members must work on the architect side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Users are not bothering this website due to lack of functionality with friends. They must increase the functionality of the medium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As everything on the platform is editable, so they need to restrict users somehow. Users can ban authentic news easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Objectives of the platform are not clear yet, so they should work on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interface is not user friendly because it&#8217;s not enough giving proper information to the users, so they should work on the interface first.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need to increase the quality of the content if they want to compete with top ranked social media networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People do not use social Media Networks because of how they work. They use different platforms because of content, people, interests and communities they like about. People use facebook to interact with their friends and community. People use twitter because they want to see what their friends, community and favorite politicians are doing. So this can be a favorite news based platform with fresh content for those who want to stay updated with world news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"is_WT_Social_Paid_or_Free\"><\/span>is WT Social Paid or Free? <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"391\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WT-social-Wikitribune-subscription-payments.png\" alt=\"WT social Wikitribune subscription payments\" class=\"wp-image-151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WT-social-Wikitribune-subscription-payments.png 391w, https:\/\/ahmadaffan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WT-social-Wikitribune-subscription-payments-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">In Wikitribune app You will find an option to select your subscription plan in settings. You can stop payments to wikitribune by simply cancelling your subscription.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Idea of creating this platform is great but due to many reasons they can\u2019t achieve their basic goals and popularity. So they need to work hard and efficiently on this platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Wikitribune Social? Wikitribune social, also known as WT social is a Social medium owned by Wikipedia&#8217;s founder. It was announced by Jimmy Wales (co founder of Wikipedia). Finally, Most awaited WT.social was launched in October 2019. WT social is often referred to as an alternative to Facebook and Twitter by many authors. 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