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My reluctance to donating again to wikipedia lies almost entirely on the subtext of their communication. There's a dissonance between the class of the project,
by agumonkey 4y ago
My reluctance to donating again to wikipedia lies almost entirely on the subtext of their communication. There's a dissonance between the class of the project, the alleged finances, the in-your-face popups (some years it was half the page).
- throwoutway 4y agoIt was greater than a half-page this year for me. It should be added to adblockers at This point
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoI mean I'd be more amenable if they had a less in-your-face donation option running year round.
- agumonkey 4y agoI have the same idea. A tiny pastel margin block would make me donate easily. A simple 1 or 2 clicks process and that's it. I don't know how much experience they have, maybe stats say that subtle UX don't generate enough donations, while massive hated popups still bring massively more money. I hope so..
- geenew 4y agoFor me, at least, the fundraising banner is drawn on the page after the main content. Which means that the main content loads, displays, and then is pushed downwards by the banner. I don't know whether this is intentional, but if it is, then I would classify it as a dirty, attention-grabbing, dark-pattern-esque, trick. It would be more honest if they just used the blink tag.