I have donated in the past, but then there were wild accusations, people saying it’s not needed, it’s to fund other things, and so on and so forth.

Yesterday I got the popup begging for a couple of euros, so what’s the status? Should I donate or is it a waste of time and money?

Cheers

Edit: Thanks for all the insightful posts! I’m jobless at the moment so just ten bucks this time:

  • chunes@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I can download wikipedia to a usb drive and distribute via torrenting. The content is objectively more valuable than the website.

    • stephen01king@piefed.zipEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Where did that download come from? Who compiled all those written information into something that can be downloaded by you?

      Try making a compilation of information directly through torrents from scratch and tell me how far you get with that. I’m sure you’ll find that most people do not want to go through that hassle.

      You’re severely underestimating the value of making it easy to compile the information in the first place. And again, those information do not need to be compiled to wikipedia by the writers. They do so because of the value provided by the service.

      The question is, do you think the writers will get paid any better by you sharing their work through torrents than through wikipedia? I don’t think so. If you actually cared about this, go and donate to the writers instead of devaluing the contribution of wikipedia in compiling these information.

        • stephen01king@piefed.zipEnglish
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          19 hours ago

          Like I said, writers have no problem writing for Wikipedia. You can enjoy emailing writers to add to your torrent collection and donating to them directly.

          I really love your fake concern about writers being paid yet never once addressed my points about donating to them. Guess it wasn’t that important to you, in the end.