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Re: Learn Anything White Paper

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Post by nikivi »

mcny wrote: post #50
nikivi wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Our goal is to create a completely Open Source website where we share both the code that runs the website and also all the data that was created and curated with it. In the white paper it mentions that the 'premium' features will in no way block any curated content. The 'premium' features will simply be extra things that we will build like the mentioned `Experts` that you can get direct help from. Again this is just…

> The 'premium' features will simply be extra things that we will build like the mentioned `Experts` that you can get direct help from. Sounds like the 'premium' features are completely unrelated to this project. I think it will make life easier for you if you completely removed them and spun them off to a different project. (I anal btw)

I actually agree with you there. And I think this is the way we will do it.

So our current ways people can support us are through donations and that is it. Is there anything else do you think we can do aside from advertisements which we want to avoid?

Re: Learn Anything White Paper

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Post by gitgud »

nikivi wrote: post #44
echelon wrote: post #42

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Absolutely not. Why would I offer to build someone else's castle without reward? I'll gladly contribute to something everyone owns and has rights to, but under no circumstances will I do this for complete strangers that seek to capitalize upon my efforts. I only do that in exchange for a salary.

Would you then also not contribute to Reddit? You are also contributing content to their website that they then use to serve other people ads. There is also Reddit Gold that you can buy to unlock some perks. The idea is the same for this website. Although we don't want to serve other people ads as we think there are better business models than that.

Reddit (and others eg; Stackoverflow) has a reputation system. Basically, the incentive for contribution on those websites is to earn points of some kind.

The idea may be the same, but I don't see any point system mentioned for contributors here. So why contribute?

Re: Learn Anything White Paper

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Post by origami777 »

nglgzz wrote: post #45
echelon wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely not. Why would I offer to build someone else's castle without reward? I'll gladly contribute to something everyone owns and has rights to, but under no circumstances will I do this for complete strangers that seek to capitalize upon my efforts. I only do that in exchange for a salary.

I take it you don't use YouTube then. All their content is user generated, you get ads, they capitalize on your "efforts", and you have premium features that you can access only by paying (ie. YouTube Red).

As a side note, I’m not sure if you’re aware but you’re coming off very argumentative. People are trying to give you feedback and you’re arguing to change their minds. The only thing you’re succeeding at is looking like you’re no fun to work with. If you’re trying to build a community of contributors this is not a good look.

Re: Learn Anything White Paper

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Post by gitgud »

nikivi wrote: post #25
brrrr wrote: post #24

I had a look at https://learn-anything.xyz , and for most topics it's just a link to the Wikipedia page, and occasionally also a link to Reddit or StackExchange. Is this really all there is to it? It reminds me of the hand-curated website directories that were popular in the 1990s, before search engines had really hit the spot. Nothing groundbreaking here from what I can see.

Yes, there are some topics that are quite empty with resources sadly. However this can change with contributions and users using the website. For example there is a map for learning Machine Learning ( https://learn-anything.xyz/machine-learning ) which is quite large. There are a few other maps like that in the database. All together there are over 2,000 maps available currently but this number too will grow with con…

Have you thought about adding some kind of reputation system? To give incentive for contribution by users.

A voting system could also be useful in verifying that the content is accurate/relevant to users.

Re: Learn Anything White Paper

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Post by nikivi »

origami777 wrote: post #53
nglgzz wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I take it you don't use YouTube then. All their content is user generated, you get ads, they capitalize on your "efforts", and you have premium features that you can access only by paying (ie. YouTube Red).

As a side note, I’m not sure if you’re aware but you’re coming off very argumentative. People are trying to give you feedback and you’re arguing to change their minds. The only thing you’re succeeding at is looking like you’re no fun to work with. If you’re trying to build a community of contributors this is not a good look.

I agree with you. We apologise for this. We have indeed changed our mind and we do think it is best to focus on the community and curation of content.

We are just trying to find a way to financially support the project without bringing the website down due to not being able to afford to keep it up.

Re: Learn Anything White Paper

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Post by nikivi »

gitgud wrote: post #54
nikivi wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, there are some topics that are quite empty with resources sadly. However this can change with contributions and users using the website. For example there is a map for learning Machine Learning ( https://learn-anything.xyz/machine-learning ) which is quite large. There are a few other maps like that in the database. All together there are over 2,000 maps available currently but this number too will grow with con…

Have you thought about adding some kind of reputation system? To give incentive for contribution by users. A voting system could also be useful in verifying that the content is accurate/relevant to users.

A voting system is already in place. Users can upvote or downvote resources according to what they like and think is useful.

Having some kind of reputation system is also a really good idea. You were thinking of having it similar to Reddit where you get `karma` for posting good resources?

Re: Learn Anything White Paper

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Post by nikivi »

gitgud wrote: post #52
nikivi wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you then also not contribute to Reddit? You are also contributing content to their website that they then use to serve other people ads. There is also Reddit Gold that you can buy to unlock some perks. The idea is the same for this website. Although we don't want to serve other people ads as we think there are better business models than that.

Reddit (and others eg; Stackoverflow) has a reputation system. Basically, the incentive for contribution on those websites is to earn points of some kind. The idea may be the same, but I don't see any point system mentioned for contributors here. So why contribute?

We will have a reputation system for users in the future.

As to why you may want to contribute. If you use the website and you find value in it, you can always make it better not only for yourself but for others. Only here, not only can you add links and resources but you can also directly add features and new things as the entire code base is Open Source and thus anyone can edit/fork and make what they want with it for all other people to enjoy.

Re: Learn Anything White Paper

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Post by foota »

z0r wrote: post #46
andrepd wrote: post #33

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Wikipedia is entirely free, and asks for donations to cover its costs. It does not lock any features to paying users only. There is a world of a difference. For this to be the case, on a website made by user contributions no less, is even more upsetting. And yes, I prefer an unreservedly free website with banners reminding you to donate to a website that makes money off locking certain features to paying costumers on…

This is not related to your main point, but arguably Wikipedia is raising millions of dollars under false pretenses (that is, they run scare ads insisting that money is needed to keep the servers running) while the Wikimedia Foundation spends most of it on projects users don't know about and wouldn't want to fund. I think if the fundraising was more transparent more people would never donate to them again. It's been…

I don't know, taking a look at their 15-16 annual plan it looks fairly reasonable to me.

Re: Learn Anything White Paper

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Post by aSockPuppeteer »

Please add pre-requisites as well to the model. For the vectors > linear algebra example: someone may need to re-learn a few techniques before diving in.

Another revenue stream to consider may be https://coinhive.com/ It uses the clients computer to mine monero(crypto currency) which you can then exchange for bitcoin or anything. It is less intrusive than a banner or transaction request and a user merely needs to click a checkbox to donate their cpu time.

Good luck and make it work without javascript as well.

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