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The Internet Archive is one of the two projects along with Wikipedia that when possible I try to help with some quid, so I was about to donate one more time, bu

The Internet Archive is one of the two projects along with Wikipedia that when possible I try to help with some quid, so I was about to donate one more time, but alas their Paypal donation page stopped working months ago. It just displays a darker page with the Paypal logo in the middle and stays there doing nothing. All adblockers already disabled of course.

mattl 7y ago
You can PayPal money to donations@archive.org
cxr 7y ago
Wikimedia is a lot like Mozilla. Neither is really hurting for cash.
- bn7t 7y ago
  It's still important to donate to them so they can stay independent. Say Wikimedia would become dependent on the donations of a company, that company could technically force them to publish misleading information. In regards to mozilla they are currently not financially independent. Most of their money comes from google (in exchange google is the default search engine).
  - cxr 7y ago
    "Dependent" suggests a necessity is being fulfilled, and that's the point of my comment. We're past necessity. Both Mozilla and Wikimedia are already bringing in several times over the amount of cash they need to operate.
    - zozbot234 7y ago
      AIUI, both organizations have plenty of worthwhile projects which are constrained by available funding. They're not just maintaining a web browser + hosting an encyclopedia. Of course, this is not to say that funding the Archive isn't also important.
      - cxr 7y ago
        > both organizations have plenty of worthwhile projects Yes of course. But both projects' biggest constraints are not (lack of) funding. It's bad mismanagement, or in the case of Mozilla, really bad mismanagement.
- sp332 7y ago
  The big donors will be much less interested if the organization can't show that lots of people are still invested enough in the project to put a little money into it. The many small donors keep the few big donors around.
glenneroo 7y ago
I'm in Europe and just made a donation via PayPal without any issues. Perhaps they've fixed it in the meantime?

mattl 7y ago

You can PayPal money to donations@archive.org

cxr 7y ago

Wikimedia is a lot like Mozilla. Neither is really hurting for cash.

bn7t 7y ago
It's still important to donate to them so they can stay independent. Say Wikimedia would become dependent on the donations of a company, that company could technically force them to publish misleading information. In regards to mozilla they are currently not financially independent. Most of their money comes from google (in exchange google is the default search engine).
- cxr 7y ago
  "Dependent" suggests a necessity is being fulfilled, and that's the point of my comment. We're past necessity. Both Mozilla and Wikimedia are already bringing in several times over the amount of cash they need to operate.
  - zozbot234 7y ago
    AIUI, both organizations have plenty of worthwhile projects which are constrained by available funding. They're not just maintaining a web browser + hosting an encyclopedia. Of course, this is not to say that funding the Archive isn't also important.
    - cxr 7y ago
      > both organizations have plenty of worthwhile projects Yes of course. But both projects' biggest constraints are not (lack of) funding. It's bad mismanagement, or in the case of Mozilla, really bad mismanagement.
sp332 7y ago
The big donors will be much less interested if the organization can't show that lots of people are still invested enough in the project to put a little money into it. The many small donors keep the few big donors around.

glenneroo 7y ago

I'm in Europe and just made a donation via PayPal without any issues. Perhaps they've fixed it in the meantime?