Ruth — of systems & design on Nostr: When wikimedia fundraising comes up, there’s generally some folk asserting that ...
When wikimedia fundraising comes up, there’s generally some folk asserting that wikimedia has enough funds to run for decades without any further donations. And I don’t understand how that conclusion is arrived at… Is it like, making assumptions about what it ought to cost? So what’s the suggestion there — lay off 80%? Or are folk just not looking at the annual operating costs? (It’s a vast and aging system that is under various attacks…)
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