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Abhinav Vishwa
@vishwa
What is a possible business model for Wikipedia? Assume that they have a team of superstar engineers who can build any iterative feature immediately. So given development is not a blocker, how can they make money instead of relying on donations?
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They shouldn't make money. Should be a public good.
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Abhinav Vishwa
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Well.. Encyclopedias weren't free. There is a cost associated in running a website with heavy read and non-trivial write load. Server bill needs to be paid somehow. I understand donations have been working very well for Wikipedia: https://www.dailydot.com/debug/wikipedia-endownemnt-fundraising/
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