UDavid Mikkelson, umsunguli-siseko weS Snopes.Youtube Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20, Snopes ibe yinto yokukhangela eyintandokazi ye-intanethi, debunking iintsholongwane zentsholongwane kunye nokugcina ii-web denizens ziphilile.
Kodwa ngoku indawo isengozini yokuvalwa, kungoko ke ijikela kubafundi ukuze ifumane uncedo.
Nali ibali: UDavid noBarbara Mikkelson basebenzisana noSnopes, kwaye ngo-2003 bafaka ngokusemthethweni indawo njengeBardav Inc. (i-portmanteau yamagama abo okuqala). Kodwa ngo-2014 bobabini baqala inkqubo yoqhawulo-mtshato kwaye ke kwafuneka bathethathethane ngobunini bobabini uSnopes noBardav.
Nge-Agasti ka-2015, uDavid Mikkelson wabambisana ne-tech firm Imithombo yeendaba efanelekileyo Ukwabelana ngengeniso kunye nokulawula umxholo kunye neentengiso kwiSnopes. UBarbara wathengisa isabelo sakhe kwiipesenti ezingama-50 kwiBardav kwiProper, kwaye ke inkampani yathatha indawo yakhe njengomnini-nye.
Kodwa ebutsheni balo nyaka, uBardav wayiphelisa ikhontrakthi kuba yayisenzakalisa kakhulu, Ngokutsho kukaPoynter . Ilungile wamangalela uDavid ngaphezulu kokuqhula ngokungekho mthethweni kobunini kunye nolawulo.
UDavid uzame ukuvimba iMedia Proper ukufikelela kubasebenzi, iiakhawunti, izixhobo kunye nedatha kwaye wazinika ukufikelela okungagungqiyo kwiiakhawunti zebhanki zikaBardav, ityala ifunda.
Inkampani ikwatyhola uDavid ngokuphathwa gwenxa kwezezimali, ezobuchwephesha kunye nezobuchwephesha, kubandakanya nokusetyenziswa gwenxa kwemali kaBardav kunye nokubuyiselwa kwemali yomthetho enxulumene noqhawulo-mtshato kunye neendleko zokuhamba zisuka kwiholide yakhe yasemva komtshato kunye nenkosikazi yakhe yesibini.
Imithombo yeendaba eyiyo ifuna umonakalo kunye nesibhengezo sokuba ngumnini weenzuzo weepesenti ezingama-50 zezabelo kwiBardav.
UDavid ngokungathandabuzekiyo akavumelani novavanyo olufanelekileyo lwemeko, ke izolo yena kunye nabasebenzi bakhe baqale iphulo loku #SaveSnopes . Ukuphosa kuqala ngokuqinisekisa ukuba uSnopes waqala njengomncinci, umzamo womntu omnye nangona uDavid noBarbara basungula kunye.
Ileta ke ithi ngelixa iSnopes isalawula umxholo wokuhlela, eyiyo (eyibiza njengomthengisi wangaphandle) ayizukuvumela abasebenzi baseSnopes ukuba benze naluphi na utshintsho loyilo kwindawo leyo okanye babeke intengiso kuyo. Ngokufanelekileyo kuye kwafakwa iintengiso kunye nokubamba ingeniso kwi-Snopes.
Kananjalo, eyiyo iyaqhubeka ngokubamba ukubanjwa kwewebhusayithi yeSnopes.com, ifundeka ileta.
Ngenxa yoku, uSnopes kuye kwanyanzeleka ukuba abuyele kweminye imithombo yenkxaso-mali ukuhlawula iifizi zomthetho, iindleko zokusebenza kunye nelahleko yengeniso. Ke njengabantu abaninzi kunye nemibutho ephambi kwabo, iqela leSnopes liqalisile GoFundMe .
Sidinga uluntu lwethu ngoku kunakuqala, njengoko kungokuxhaswa kwakho kuphela ukuba iSnopes.com ihlale iluluntu kunye nezixhobo sonke esaziyo nesizithandayo, ukufundwa kwebala.
UDavid Mikkelson uxelele uMbonisi ukuba uSnopes wajika wabuyisa imali kuba sasingenayo enye indlela. Uye wathi ikhontrakthi neProper yapheliswa ngenxa yokuba ibonelela ngeenkonzo esinakho ukuzilawula ngokwethu kwaye kungafuneki ukuba siphume nazo, okanye ukuba singaphuma kwisiseko esifunekayo ngexabiso eliphantsi kakhulu.
Umnikelo ocetyiswayo weGoFundMe uyi- $ 10, usiya kwi-500,000 yeedola. Eli phulo sele lidlulile kwinjongo yalo, engqina ukuba kufanelekile kwisiza ngokukaPaul Tyrell, igqwetha elimele uBardav.
Ukuthululwa kwenkxaso ekuphenduleni iphulo leGoFundMe kuyenza ingaphiki into yokuba ukusinda kweSnopes.com ngumbandela onomdla kuluntu, utshilo uTyrell kwingxelo.
Elinye iqela alichukunyiswa ngumdlalo weSnopes kunye nenkcazo, nangona kunjalo: Imithombo yeendaba efanelekileyo.
Iposi yanamhlanje iqinisekisa kuphela izityholo zeProper Media zokuba uMnu. Mikkelson uzikhuphile iiakhawunti zebhanki zenkampani kwaye akakwazi ukuqhuba iSnopes ngenzuzo ngaphandle kobungcali kunye nolawulo lweProp Media, igqwetha leProper Media uKarl Kronenberger uthe kwingxelo kuMbonisi.
