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But they get millions of dollars in donations every year.
by stuff4ben 6y ago
But they get millions of dollars in donations every year.
- Hello71 6y agoof which about $0 goes to actual content creators.
- hoards_tenting 6y agoThey don't pay people to create content directly but in their most recent annual report they state that 32% of their expenses are supporting the community. > The Wikimedia projects exist thanks to volunteer communities around the world that create and maintain them. We strengthen these communities through grants, programs, events, trainings, partnerships, tools to augment contributor capacity, and support for the legal defense of editors. https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/annualreport/2019-annual-report/financials/ https://wikimediafoundation.org/about/annualreport/2019-annu...
- Hello71 6y agomneh... these expenses include things like the disastrous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Engine_(Wikimedia_Foundation) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_Engine_(Wikimedia_Fo... and other similar projects which the existing community was not consulted on and have tenuous effects on actually attracting and retaining contributors.
- hoards_tenting 6y agoThey don't spend money paying people to create content. Volunteers create that content for free.