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RE: Editorial | Wikipedia's Days Might Be Numbered Thanks To Everipedia And Blockchain Technology
I made some gains on https://lunyr.com few months ago and sold while it was falling. have looked into it? They seem to have a head start when it comes to overtaking Wikipedia.
Thanks for the info BTW.
Lunyr was mentioned in the wired.com article where the author said:
"This isn’t the first time a company has proposed a decentralized blockchain-based encyclopedia; earlier this year, a company called Lunyr announced similar plans. However, judging from Lunyr’s most recent roadmap, Everipedia will beat it to market with room to spare."
Prior to the article and your flagging it, I wasn't aware of them. I wonder how well known they are in the crypto community. Marketing is usually a big piece of success. It's a shame when something good doesn't get noticed because they fail to market it.
The kind of marketing they need is unique and valuable information. Think about finance, research and top 10 facts you didn't know kind of information. steemit barely has any marketing but it thrives. They need to market themselves as a place where people can find rare and accurate information.
They could write about lesser known topics and advertise using related key words. The best marketing would an extensive database on all popular cryptos which is something wikipedia greatly lack. They could become a crypto-tech-crazy facts encyclopedia.
Unique and valuable sites are needed but I assume it's harder to raise money if the market isn't very large.
In regard to your example, perhaps they need to hire influencers/experts to target large and specific markets - as you said - perhaps cryptos. I'll argue that steemit and medium already act as a repository for crypto information - just not organized very well.
It sounds like we both agree that some sort of marketing needs to occur. I would like to see more line items for it in the plan for ICO funds use.