• xylogx@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    Every time someone visits Wikipedia they make exactly $0. In fact, it costs them money. Are people still contributing and/or donating? These seem like more important questions to me.

    • Octavio@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      I think the theory is that the people who contribute and/or donate are a subset of the people who frequently visit. The smaller the superset, the smaller the subset is likely to be. I could be wrong; I’m not part of the subset that reads the articles.

    • patatahooligan@lemmy.world
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      17 hours ago

      There are indirect benefits to visitors, though. Yes, most people are a drain on resources because they visit strictly to read and never to contribute. The minority that do contribute, though, are presumably people who used Wikipedia and liked it, or people who enjoy knowing that other people are benefiting from their contributions. I’m not sure people will donate or edit on Wikipedia if they believe no one is using it.