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What's up with HN's general tone of hostility toward Wikimedia foundation? It's weird how the more free a service is the more entitled our attitudes seem to bec
by causal 2y ago
What's up with HN's general tone of hostility toward Wikimedia foundation? It's weird how the more free a service is the more entitled our attitudes seem to become.
- ThrowawayTestr 2y agoI think the hostility comes from Wikipedia constantly asking for money when most of the money goes to things that aren't Wikipedia.
- paulette449 2y agoHiding behind a throwaway account allows you to make false statements, unless you can substantiate the "most of the money" comment. Wikimedia Foundation breaks down its expenditure here: https://wikimediafoundation.org/support/where-your-money-goes/ https://wikimediafoundation.org/support/where-your-money-goe... I'm sure what poster is referring to was "discussed" previously in the link below. I use parentheses because it descended into flames pretty quickly: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33170710 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33170710
- ThrowawayTestr 2y agoMy account is two years old and your profile is empty so we're equally as anonymous. That aside, the first heading in your link is "43% Direct support to websites" so yes, most of the money does not go to Wikipedia.