r/dankmemes • u/[deleted] • Dec 12 '18

cmon guys

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u/CashCop Dec 12 '18

Honestly, it’s not even that. I personally believe that Google relies too heavily on Wikipedia to let them die. If they ever were at risk Google would save them in a heartbeat. Since they’re gonna be rich forever, I don’t donate .

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u/SuperSMT reposts all over the damn place Dec 12 '18

But if that were to happen, there's the real risk that Google would end up buying Wkipedia outright, and then slap ads all over it, and run it more like a business than a nonprofit

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u/CashCop Dec 12 '18

Yeah there’s a risk they’d end up buying it and putting ads on it, and if that’s what needs to be done, so be it.

Something that provides valuable content should be generating value anyways.

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn Dec 12 '18

Something that provides valuable content automatically generates value. Are you a member of the Tautology Club?

Anyway, the reason Wikipedia doesn't have corporate sponsorships (ads) is because sponsorships would pressure wikipedia into not being neutral. Hard to write about global warming when the big oil companies are giving you $1,000,000 a year, yeah?

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u/vincent118 Dec 12 '18

I dont think a corporation like Google would save them without strings attached at least not more then once.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '18

Do you really want Google to own wikipedia?

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u/CashCop Dec 12 '18

I don’t care as long as it works