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Why do they need 150 people to run a non interactive site? I'm not against anything about them but if they want donations, their way of expense should be clear
by mekster 7y ago
Why do they need 150 people to run a non interactive site?
I'm not against anything about them but if they want donations, their way of expense should be clearer.
- mattigames 7y ago"Non-interactive site" wtf, do you even know the trickery you have to do in JavaScript files to remotely work outside their intended domains? Or how hard was to create a working playable copy of hundreds of old games? Or how much people you need to handle an ever-growing data storage (e.g everyday bigger than the day before) while making it available over internet?
- mekster 7y agoWhile the code needs maintenance to adapt to edge cases, it's build once and maintain feature. It's not user registering site that needs support for customers and no need to introduce new features to keep going. Data storage is also single purpose job. While it needs technical capability to store huge amount of data, I still don't see how 150 people are needed to maintain the archive. You say as if 150 is a small team but how are they used?
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- lwhi 7y agoThey provide an archive of THE INTERNET! Please forgive my pithy comment, but the size of the task goes someway to explaining the size of the workforce in my mind.