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Making money off volunteers tends to make those volunteers disappear. Restricting themselves to charity may help, but it'll be an endless debate that will hurt
by JoachimSchipper 17y ago
Making money off volunteers tends to make those volunteers disappear. Restricting themselves to charity may help, but it'll be an endless debate that will hurt them a lot.
- rpledge 17y agoPeople still volunteer to help at the Olympics, but I suspect you're right that adding ads would cause people to leave the community
- borism 17y ago> People still volunteer to help at the Olympics Really!?
- viggity 17y agoThis stuff happens all the time. I paid $200 to "volunteer" to work at the PGA Senior Open
- borism 17y agowell, I wouldn't call this stuff volunteering - you're probably interested in some particular (sporting) event and willing to pay for a good access with your work (and maybe some money) wikipedia editors don't get that kind of privileges relative to any random visitor, I'd argue.