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I donate to the Internet Archive (recurring). I just hope they stick to their core mission, and don't get sidetracked like Wikipedia has. They offer a valuable
by Someone1234 6y ago
I donate to the Internet Archive (recurring). I just hope they stick to their core mission, and don't get sidetracked like Wikipedia has. They offer a valuable service and I believe will help historians in the future understand this point in the internet's life.
PS - Don't forget to pick an Amazon Smile charity and use the Smile.Amazon sub-domain. Donated almost $20 to the EFF that way.
- notRobot 6y agoHow has Wikipedia got sidetracked?
- suyash 6y agoI believe the Author is referring to the phenomenon why Wikipedia has lost core contributors due to poor management. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_is_Wikipedia_losing_contributors_-_Thinking_about_remedies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_is_Wikipedia_los...
- gruez 6y agoMost of wikimedia's budget goes towards non-wikipedia related expenses: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/02/wikipedia-has-a-ton-of-money-so-why-is-it-begging-you-to-donate-yours/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12...
- Alex3917 6y ago> They offer a valuable service and I believe will help historians in the future understand this point in the internet's life. It's also essential for non-historians. A huge percentage of the info people need just to do their jobs or pursue their hobbies is only found on people's personal webpages, and those presumably all go away once the person dies.
- PaywallBuster 6y agoThey already kind of have no? They go from archiving the web (simple websites), itself a huge feat, to archiving a bunch of videos from justin.tv as long as they have 10 views? There's more cases of websites shutting down, and AI feeling the need to archive everything. Do we really need it?