2012-03-22, 08:05 AM
Eos Wrote:Yeah those Wikipedia pleas never moved me. They really should bite the bullet and add a discrete ad or two, out of the way. Even with 80% of the people blocking them they'd have to make a killing based on sheer traffic alone and be self sustaining.
Disagree. The donation model is the only one that makes sense for wikipedia.
Imagine going to the wikipedia article about Enron, and then to see there's an ad there from Schwabb. I'm sure advertisers wouldn't want that. There are many other unsavory mixing and matching of ads and content that would scare away advertisers.
