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Re:Should Wikipedia run ads that ask for money, or ads that ... by InclinedPlane on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @06:06PM (#3397834)
Ads that ask for money: the readers are wikipedia's customers.

Ads that make money: the readers are wikipedia's product.

Incentives matter.

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Re:Should Wikipedia run ads that ask for money, or ads that ... by matthewj on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @06:36PM (#3397919)
A good reminder to always pay attention to who/what is actually the product.
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Re:Should Wikipedia run ads that ask for money, or ads that ... by po on Wednesday December 28, 2011 @03:01AM (#3399057)
I was going to say exactly this. Who you take the money from is the most important part of this. Even if the site ends up looking exactly the same, it aligns your interests with the reader's.
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