I like Wikipedia but I’m still not going to donate. They’ve got many millions and a bunch of millionaires on the board. They don’t need my money!
this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2024
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These millionaires may or may not do anything for Wikipedia.
They don’t make profit, there is no risk of “over donating”
The risk is that they vote for higher salaries for themselves! They already earn way more than most people!
These people would earn orders of magnitude more in the for profit industry.
I would really like to retain them given that they are clearly doing a pretty amazing job
They are board members of a non profit that is performing splendidly. If the options are to either pay them more or lose them to the private sector I say jjst pay them more.
I told myself during my undergrad that if I ever made enough money, I would support a handful of causes. Wiki is on top of that list. I donate $20 monthly so don't feel bad if you aren't able to yet. It takes a village. One day when I'm on a fixed income, someone else can make that lavish $20/month donation :-)
Honestly thought, I need to reevaluate if I can give more. Thanks for reminding me Apartheid Musk!
A while ago he offered to donate something like $100 million to Wikipedia if they changed their name to dickipedia...
Seems like for that price someone could write a custom hi that only shows for that one guy. Heck, we could crowd source an entire nazi version that only shows to that one guy
First year I change my one time $20 donation to a recurring $2.75 a month. I use wiki and they deserve to be customer funded vs the big corps controlling our free access to information
What's the controversy? I mean from what I see, it's a bit pushy, but you only see it if you use Wikipedia