Everipedia isn’t just another collection of opinions,

it’s a modernized collection of facts.

Remember when people used to think the world was flat? Truth be told, some people probably still do. Let’s be honest though, chances are if people are still using an Atlas over Google Maps or Waze to help them go cross country, or even the world – they probably haven’t heard of Everipedia. That’s because Everipedia is the future of fact finding. Let me tell you how this epic love story began…

Brought Together by Blockchain

In a recent interview with Wikipedia co-founder and Everipedia CIO Larry Sanger, CDN had the opportunity to dive into the roots of what began as a group of passionate individuals set out on different paths, only to be later reunited because of Blockchain. It all started in mid-2015 when Sam Kazemian, Theodor Forselius and Larry crossed paths to discover that they all shared the same passion for using Wikipedia but all agreed it could use an update. Since there hasn’t been a major update to Wikipedia since 2003, it was clear that there was an opportunity to take what had been built and make it better.

This is where the story begins, but it wasn’t until 2017 that Larry, Sam, and Theodor actually began working together and came to a point where their vision for what could be created was in line, largely in part due to the blockchain technology that had emerged.

When I discovered Blockchain I began studying programming so I could really understand how this new technology could help with a project I was working on at the time called: GreaterWiki.

Shortly after this decision to immerse himself more with Blockchain technology, Larry, Sam and Thedor reconnected and began building out what would become Everipedia.

How is Everipedia Different than Wikipedia?

If you’ve used Wikipedia before and you look at what Everipedia has created, you may ask yourself: What’s the difference? This is a great question, but unfortunately has no easy or simple answer as there are many differences. Let’s take a look at a few of them below.

Everipedia has a much nicer UI/UX than Wikipedia Everipedia rewards users who submit pages with currency they can use to buy things with. Everipedia isn’t just an encyclopedia, it’s a Blockchain encyclopedia that still carries the same benefits and more. While Wikipedia was never considered a place to cite information from, that may be different with Everipedia. Everipedia submissions are voted on to determine which submission serves the community the best.

The Protocolization of Content

One thing that especially stood out to me during my interview with Larry was when he described how there could be multiple submissions for a given topic with the community voting to determine which answer/article/submission was best. With this in mind it makes a lot more sense to see how valuable custom data sets could be created as a result of seeing what submissions different types of personas are voting for. For context, lets say there are some submissions on “Gun Control”. Everipedia will be able to show which articles with their different points of view get the most votes from the community of those participating in the governance process. This creates a great tool for gathering consensus via submissions and being able to dive into the engagement metrics of those submissions.

I Know What You’re Thinking

“Kevin, how how is Everipedia’s upvoting system so different than what Quora has with their Q/A’s?” This is a great question, and is actually answered within the first sentence of this article. While Quora is more representative of a “collection of opinions”, Everipedia aims to be a destination that can host a “collection of facts.” Or maybe you’re trying to figure out WHY you should make a page, or request to have a page made for you.

It dawned on me after a conversation I had earlier this week with Marki Costello, from CMEG when she said:

The influencer industry has become so saturated with everyone wanting to become a “me too” channel, but not having much actual authority, expertise or subject knowledge to be able to speak to their audiences as an influencer.

With that in mind, it makes complete sense why ANYONE in the entertainment industry would want to create an Everipedia page to leverage the authority they have in their industry and to show that its not just the opinion they have of themselves, but what others have accepted to be true and agreed to as well. Unlike most actors who are producing video content, Everipedia actually pays in IQ tokens for submissions also.

With everything above in mind, there are many reasons why you should make an Everipedia page but definitely a few why you SHOULD NOT (see below):

You should not make an Everipedia page if you hate money, and don’t want IQ tokens.

You should not make an Everipedia page if you have no interest in building yourself or brand as an authority figure.

You should not make an Everipedia page if you prefer an Atlas over Google Maps, Waze, or any other modern technology.

If you found the last 3 sentences ridiculous, then that’s great.

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