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I can't help but think Wikipedia would be a better product if it was still run on a shoestring budget. The cash overhang of the Wikimedia Foundation means that
by AbrahamParangi 4y ago
I can't help but think Wikipedia would be a better product if it was still run on a shoestring budget.
The cash overhang of the Wikimedia Foundation means that the internal incentives are to overhire, and for those overhired employees to make work for themselves.
- midoridensha 4y agoMaybe I'm misinformed, but I thought most of that cash went to fund stuff that had no relation with the Wikipedia site at all, not for make-work employees.
- AbrahamParangi 4y agoArguably both random projects and make-work employees. In the past 6 years the number of employees has increased by 150% from 280 to 700, revenue (donations) increased from ~80M to ~160M, while the number of monthly visitors has increased only ~10%. Regardless, it is extremely hard to see how they could be providing additional value for their rapidly growing expenditures.