White_Flight@lemmy.world to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoThis is your yearly reminder to donate to (if you can) your favorite open source projectmessage-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down13
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-squareThis is your yearly reminder to donate to (if you can) your favorite open source projectWhite_Flight@lemmy.world to Piracy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·edit-22 years agoAlso, consider The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wikipedia, and The Internet Archive
minus-squareGravitySpoiled@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoWikipedia shall get their money from google and other big companies that use the database. There are many more projects that can use money much better
minus-squaregim@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoGood to know. I was thinking of donating but I’ll give to the internet archive instead.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 years agoNothing wrong with donating to Wiki but donating to Internet Archive would be better IMO: They need it more.
minus-squareProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 years agoI’m skeptical of Wikipedia’s genuine need for money after reading this. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer I trust Archive.org a lot more.
minus-squareFartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoDamn, that’s pretty wild!
minus-squarealex [they, il]@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoI’d recommend donating to your national Wikimedia chapter if you aren’t in the US. They’re not funded by megacorps and they often struggle financially, and they’re the ones doing a lot of work on the ground.
Also, consider The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Wikipedia, and The Internet Archive
Wikipedia shall get their money from google and other big companies that use the database. There are many more projects that can use money much better
Good to know. I was thinking of donating but I’ll give to the internet archive instead.
Nothing wrong with donating to Wiki but donating to Internet Archive would be better IMO: They need it more.
I’m skeptical of Wikipedia’s genuine need for money after reading this.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Guy_Macon/Wikipedia_has_Cancer
I trust Archive.org a lot more.
Damn, that’s pretty wild!
I’d recommend donating to your national Wikimedia chapter if you aren’t in the US. They’re not funded by megacorps and they often struggle financially, and they’re the ones doing a lot of work on the ground.