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Wikipedia earned $184M from donations, the servers cost less than $5M
- s1mplicissimus 11mo agoCan we have a look at X's finances too and have an opinion on wether people should give them money?
- s1mplicissimus 11mo agookay commentless downvotes I assume it's the grokbots
- 31337Logic 11mo agoWikipedia is supremely useful. Twitter is a dumpster fire no one needs. I'll continue to throw a few bucks to Wiki next year, thanks.
- jdboyd 11mo agoWikipedia IS supremely useful! However, when they are begging for just $2.75 with big banners while receiving that much is a bit frustrating, and while I won't say they can't do what they want, I do feel irritated, and when I'm reminded how much they get, it makes me less likely to donate because of that.
- tombot 11mo agoI don’t feel irritated, I feel pleased I am supporting the web I want to see.
- triceratops 11mo agoI wish they would ringfence the money needed to run Wikipedia's service in perpetuity. Some kind of trust fund that throws off enough income from investments to fund just the servers and a couple employees to maintain them. About $200m should be more than enough. I don't know if they've done that already. But it means they can be around forever, no matter what foolishness they get up to with the remainder of their donations.
- icandoit 11mo agoWhy is Larry Sanger trying to sabotage Wikipedia? If Wikipedia can resist the urge to enshittify longer than anyone else, they've earned it.
- tombot 11mo agoI like supporting Wikipedia, I’m glad they raised plenty of money
- pestatije 11mo agotwitter should have learned this lesson: its not the cost of running it, but the value it offers
- pfych 11mo agoI don't know why I ever bother scrolling down when opening a twitter thread... Some of those comments are crazy to read. Personally I think while wikipedia does rake in an extremely large amount of money via donations, they provide an amazing platform and haven't felt the need to make it shitty with new features - or "keep up with market trends". I'm happy for it to stay this way.