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Comment by andersrs

Just take a look at this graph. The salaries have been bloating whilst hosting expenses are flat and plummeting as a proportion of all expenses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation#/media/Fi...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation#/media/Fi...

Net assets are sitting at ~$240M about 10x what they were a decade ago. Yet they roll out a sob-story banner on every page insinuating that they might cease to exist if you don't cough up.

It gives me an uneasy feeling that the ex-CEO went to work for a think tank. I hope they're politically neutral.

Obviously it's become a gravy train. At a certain point they should have stopped the begging because clearly they have the resources to run the site several times over.

parent andersrs 3 years ago

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