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Yes. As I wrote, I have donated to Wikipedia and love the project. I think the methods they use to solicit donations undermines their trustworthiness.
by cyounkins 5y ago
Yes. As I wrote, I have donated to Wikipedia and love the project. I think the methods they use to solicit donations undermines their trustworthiness.
- acover 5y agoWikipedia is great but I similarly don't trust their cries for help anymore. I won't donate till they communicate more honestly or Wikipedia - not wikimedia - needs help. It feels a lot like my local food bank begging for food but it turns out it's only their side venture composting food that's in need.
- lancesells 5y agoI'll donate to the annual email every year to keep them from adding ads or other forms of monetization.
- blowski 5y agoIt’s incredible how many people say they’d love to support an ad-free social network, frequently use Wikipedia, and don’t donate to Wikipedia. This is a problem for so many charities. People passionately agree with the mission, want to donate, can afford to donate… and yet don’t donate. And then complain when the charity is too aggressive in requesting donations.
- _3u10 5y agoDonations are the worst idea ever. They are hard to solicit and then when you do get one people have incredibly unreasonable expectations. How many people complain about non-profit execs making $200k but will happily buy nike's made by Chinese slave prison labor with out a thought as to how much the exec makes, or what the labor conditions are. Wikimedia is guilty of allowing people to volunteer their time. If you don't volunteer, nothing bad happens. Compare with try not volunteering your time to make Nike's in the Chinese prison system.
- loeg 5y agoI don't donate to Wikimedia anymore because they get plenty of donations and have demonstrated that they don't use the funds wisely. Wikipedia doesn't need more donors. Give your limited charity dollars to a more deserving organization.