On reading this announcement, I can't help but think of Quora, and what an unmitigated disaster it is, as well as a cautionary tale of what happens when you acc

On reading this announcement, I can't help but think of Quora, and what an unmitigated disaster it is, as well as a cautionary tale of what happens when you accept VC funding for a human knowledge project. It's a few small steps from "well, we'll have to start making money" to "let's block the Internet Archive completely and hoard the world's knowledge for our own gain". But worse than just being a cautionary tale, I guess I'm unhappy to see this announcement because Quora could seriously have been what we got instead of Wikipedia, you know? Who wins in a platform race seems like a function of factors like first mover advantage and luck, rather than any dispassionate analysis of what would be better for the world. So I wouldn't have the guts to start a project like this with VC funding. You have to model the probability that you'll be pushed out and replaced with someone who doesn't share your ideals and is tasked with finding a path to profit. How could anyone have the stomach to create a potential Wikipedia replacement with that kind of liability attached?