QUOTE(EricBarbour @ Thu 28th July 2011, 6:37pm)
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[He HAS to do this--at least pretend to be poor. His "great creation" is run by smug little boys who
tend to dislike rich people. So he poses as "just an ordinary guy", and they seem to lick it up.
That's not true at all. His Wikipedia biography implies that he made so much money in Chicago that he would never have to work again. On the other hand, reality is that he lives like a regular guy, except for when he's on wiki-business trips, when he pretends to be the rock star.
I think he made a mistake putting so much effort into Wikia. It's never been more than a mediocre idea, and the shelf life of the MediaWiki software and all that pop culture content won't be forever. No amount of coddling from the WMF is ever going to turn it into a cash cow.
Being the face of Wikipedia is a much better idea, and is the reason he hasn't been forced to take a day job.