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On the other hand a paywall may mean that people writing content are the one that gets the money, which creates an healthier ecosystem that doesn't depend on do
by Zababa 5y ago
On the other hand a paywall may mean that people writing content are the one that gets the money, which creates an healthier ecosystem that doesn't depend on donation of money or time (as opposed to wikipedia).
Wikipedia misallocating funds does tarnish the original brand a lot, especially when most people that contribute content are doing it for free.
- oefrha 5y ago> Wikipedia misallocating funds does tarnish the original brand a lot Which has nothing to do the donation model. Wikimedia can pay full time content writers if they want to. Mozilla can also use the subscription income to pay CEO comp if they want to. Allocation of funds has close to nothing to do with the acquisition of funds, unless the acquisition comes with a specific mandate, which neither Wikipedia donations nor the subscription service here has.
- Zababa 5y agoYou're right, I wrongly assumed that MDN Plus money would stay on MDN Plus or at leasat MDN, but they said nothing of the sort.