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The general answer here is that a nonprofit cannot maintain the (massive) amount of resources it takes to address spam/abuse/blackhat SEO etc, while a for-profi
by joshuamorton 4y ago
The general answer here is that a nonprofit cannot maintain the (massive) amount of resources it takes to address spam/abuse/blackhat SEO etc, while a for-profit entity ostensibly has a profit motive to do a decent job, and the resources to do so.
When a for profit entity is more successful at fighting abuse, their users are happier and they sell more ads and so can devote more resources to fighting spam. When a nonprofit successfully fights spam, they don't get more resources, and the spammers upgrade their toolboxes, because they do have a profit incentive.
- closedloop129 4y agoLike @daoudc writes, Wikipedia shows that the nonprofit can maintain the resources because they attract volunteers. If you create a search engine where users can report spam and get some form of karma for valid reports that is shown in their social network, then it's quite likely that the users have enough momentum to get ahead of the spam.