Comment on How paid Wikipedia editors squeeze you dryComments−precompute2yI, in my naivete, after reading the title, thought wikipedia had started paying long-term editors for their work. Apparently not. I guess $250MM isn't enough to pay the people that maintain the website.−ProllyInfamous2yI guess $250MM isn't enough to pay the people that maintain the website.We do this not because it's easy, but because we can.—A 20-Year Wikipedian−jampekka2yGetting pay involved tends to ruin volunteer organizations. Greed is not good.
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I, in my naivete, after reading the title, thought wikipedia had started paying long-term editors for their work. Apparently not. I guess $250MM isn't enough to pay the people that maintain the website.
We do this not because it's easy, but because we can.
—A 20-Year Wikipedian
Getting pay involved tends to ruin volunteer organizations. Greed is not good.