This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Perfect timing. I just started donating to a new startup that seems as promising as Wikipedia once was. Nonprofit whose goal is to start their own universal basic income for users who don't want to wait for the government to start one. Now I can cancel my Wikipedia donations and not feel so bad
God dammit. No more donations.
Not a lot of reporting in it yet, but I see an article from 404 media. Maybe I'll donate to them instead.
What a good use for donations!
Great. So what do I use instead?
as others have said, don’t necessarily stop using wikipedia & related tools (wiktionary, etc). they’re still useful and using them doesn’t directly benefit the foundation.
however, if the union calls for an editorial strike (no more editing) or a full-on boycott, follow what they say, out of solidarity. it’s what i plan on doing. in general, i think this is the best reaction to union busting: follow what the union says.
and yea, stop donating if you’re doing that.
I knew there was a reason I got a set of actual encyclopedias. Not new, nor as extensive, but it's in my hands so filthy rich assholes are gonna have to come to my door to stop me from having access to information
You can also download Wikipedia for offline use via Kiwix, so that you always have the snapshot that won't ever change and enshittify.
The whole English Wikipedia takes up about 110 gigs, and it's 110 gigs well spent.
Fuck. Yet another company I donate to behaving like shitheels. Fuck. No more donations I guess.
My rule of thumb is: donate to small developers, not large established projects.
Wikimedia Foundation does not run low on funds, and your donation is a drop in the bucket on their balance sheets.
For small projects and indie devs, your donation will have a much bigger impact.
So, why do they need these anti-union assholes? What service do they give to the foundation?
the startups and nonprofits alike peak when it's the people who do the actual work that create them to solve the actual problems yhey have and they fall when a bunch of mba's take over to "make money"...
Granted I don't know much about the foundation, I wasn't expecting such an organism, financed through donations, mostly built by the good will of contributors, to have the same values as amazon.
Whats going on here? I read wikimedia's statement and they seem open to staff unionizing if the majority vote to be represented by CWA. Why are they hiring union busting lawyers?
Oh, god damn it.
Canceled my donation.
Yeah, not getting another dime from me.
So they shit on workers rights....
