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  • Re: [TDoI] The Internet with a human face by Maciej=?UTF-8?Q?Ceg=C5=82owski?=

    From Dario Niedermann@dnied@tilde.institute to tilde.text on Thu Sep 3 12:20:27 2020
    On 2020-05-09, f6k <f6k@tilde.town> wrote:
    [...] Wikipedia, a free site that not only
    doesn't make revenue, but loses so much money they have to ask for
    donations just to be broke.

    This is very different from what other sources say. I wonder what the
    truth is.

    See for example: <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/12/02/wikipedia-has-a-ton-of-money-so-why-is-it-begging-you-to-donate-yours/>

    --
    Dario Niedermann. Also on the Internet at:

    gopher://darioniedermann.it/ <> https://www.darioniedermann.it/
    --- Synchronet 3.18b-Linux NewsLink 1.113
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