But the donations are only necessary because of inflated salaries. It's like saying we have to pay this pastry chef because the pastry chef loves to eat their own cake. They're just feeding themselves.
The cost of server infrastructure is comparatively tiny so if they'd run it lean it'd have enough cash to last ages already. Also posting a banner on their site with massive reach isn't exactly rocket surgery.
I know there are worse things but I strongly dislike nonprofits wasting donation money.
on the one hand they make some valid points on the other hand it's a little disgusting how much wikipedia execs get payed and how sweaty they get when they worry about having to pay content moderators. currently they just pocket most of the donations they get but with increased running costs that would get harder.
don't get me wrong, wikipedia is an important project and they deserve fair compensation but grabbing $700k per year for managing it seems a bit steep eh? it's not like they're forging new business strategies and conquering markets. they have a very simple concept and just keep it running. a post it note on the ceo door with "keep going lads" on it might outperform them and save some money.
Keep seeing teachers saying that kids in school can't read anymore so this seems unnecessary.
If you look a bit closer you'll see so much AI slop on reddit these days that it's hard to use. It boggles my noggle that the most obvious AI generated engagement bait gets posted on places like AITA including the classic Chad Jippity dashes and people engage with it.
Chatgpt, pretend you're an abused woman. Your husband has cut you open and is currently wearing your intestines as a necklace but you're not sure if you're overreacting so you ask online. Put all the reddit karma in a bag once you're done.
Fuck that shit.
Put mercenaries on the list. They get hired to guard some excavation. A chill job the recruiter told them.
Lara overhears them talk about going home to their families as she sneaks up and brutally murders them with her ice axe one by one until the ruins are flooded with blood. It's all self defense.
Move fast and break things is a motto that works fine when you're a silicon valley fuckboi talking about shitty apps. Less so when it's kids that are being broken. Then again it'll work well for an angry mob going from billionaire door to billionaire door.
Record dryness in my area this spring and the majority is like WHAT A NICE WEATHER WE'RE HAVING! LOVING THIS SUN!
Next gen kids better be learning a new song.
Rain, baby, please come back
forest burning, harvest gone
mass extinction is on track
please we beg you
you have won
I mean the comparison used to be Wikipedia vs finding the right literature in a library. Now it's mostly Wikipedia vs AI that sometimes makes things up including sources. The real degradation happens over time though. People using AI to write papers which then get fed into AI as a source. It already is but will become increasingly hard to verify how reliable the information is that you find.
This all happens in the background of short video clips dominating the engagement of young people. We have students at our school who aren't even capable of using AI to cheat and they don't care either. They saw some tiktoks telling them once they're 18 they can get rich with betting or real estate (despite having no capital) so why do homework? I'd rather they trust wikipedia blindly than what they currently do.
My wife's eyes rolls are my life elixir.
What was that post I kept seeing about vampires? If you've been living for centuries and you're still broke just walk into the sunlight.
First aid is some random person that did a short class 10 years ago.
Second aid is a doc that studied for years but still doesn't have all the answers.
Third aid is when you call the dev. They won't pick up.
Step 1: Feed the rich with fancy vertically farmed strawberries till they're fat and juicy
Step 2: eat the rich.
It's a simple plan. It's a good plan.