Now is a good time to flood Wikipedia with donations. For the first time in my life, i have just donated to them and will do so again. You can do it too for a minimum of €2, no requirement for recurring donations or any nonsense.

  • LufyCZ@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Honestly, they’d be stupid not to take it.

    Imagine how much you could do with a billion. It’d perpetually sustain the organization, it’d allow them to hire translators and writers, resulting in better content for all of us.

    Hell, I’d take it, and 99.9% of people on this planet would too.

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      1 year ago

      Honestly, they’d be stupid not to take it.

      Did he offer them a legal contract? Because otherwise he’s just flapping his fat lips, seeking attention like a toddler.

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      1 year ago

      In practice organizations don’t have mechanizms to secure such amounts of money. It would be a massive cake to divide. Dirty money is dirty money, don’t show Elon Musk he can de anything.

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        1 year ago

        Worst case, they can keep chugging along without any changes, except maybe stopping the donation “nag”.

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          I don’t think it’s immoral, but who in their right mind takes Elon seriously? Would you really accept 1 billion dollar from a known attention-seeker scammer, if you tattoo your forehead? No thanks.

          If this were coming from Jeff, or even a drug lord, I would probably be ok with it, as long as they are serious and without childish conditions.

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          1 year ago

          It’s honestly kinda perplexing.

          Everyone keeps talking about taxing the rich but when someone offers to give a nonprofit we all love a billion dollars it’s suddenly the worst thing on the planet.