Comment on The salaries of Wikimedia executives are sparking an online debate about tech sector wages
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months agoAlso the CEO makes $400k if anyone just wanted that information. I had to listen to 60% of that dudes video to get to that point.
This doesn’t seem insane to me. It’s high for the average joe, but it’s not competitive at all with other big tech CEO total comp.
HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 11 months ago
Everyone is pointing out the comparison of Wikipedia's salaries to other tech companies, but they're missing the point that the person they're arguing with is NOT coming from a good faith position. They are hoping to feed on your distrust of the rich and powerful, in an attempt to convince you to work against your interests and the common good.
They hope their calls of "Wikipedia owners make too much money!" leads to "We should dismantle Wikipedia by boycotting donations!" and then to "We should sell Wikipedia to the last surviving Koch brother!"
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah he’s disingenuous as hell, but also I don’t see a ton of his Qanon-leaning audience as big donators to Wikipedia anyway.
They’re the kind of people that back weird shit like opnservapedia.
HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 11 months ago
It's not his audience I'm worried about (not in this context anyway). I'm worried about the people who aren't aware of who his audience is.