Comment on Welcome to the Age of Paid Social Media
Bizarroland@kbin.social 1 year agoI just wish that Wikipedia didn't donate the money that people donated to it to other charities.
They recently donated a million dollars of their donations to other charitable causes and in theory I'm fine with that but in practice I feel like sort of tricked or betrayed and I just don't like it.
I refuse to ever donate to them again until they swear to never ever do that again.
TurboDiesel@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If it makes you feel any better about not donating, Wikipedia makes money hand-over-fist and absolutely does not need your donation. Their financials are public; they’ve been in the black for YEARS. They only beg for money because it works. It’s gross and exploitative.
BaardFigur@lemmy.world 1 year ago
TIL. Never donated, but I felt bad for blocking their begging for money-popups. Now I don’t feel so bad anymore