I think it's good that this started after the election. We would lose if we competed with Obama donations...
As it is, I think some of the donors may be looking for new places to give. Thanks, Pharos On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Chad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:54 AM, Przykuta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > For those who haven't seen it yet: >> > > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserStatistics >> > >> > Very neat! >> > >> > Looking at tab 2 (Number of contributions): >> > In 2007 from day 14 and onwards the number of gifts per day more than >> > doubled. >> > Is it known why that happened? Just curious. >> > >> > Erik Zachte >> > >> >> So, Obama has won election in the USA, people are more happy (maybe not >> only part of people in USA) - they want to pay for that ;) >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_altruism >> >> they can't pay to Obama and find other ways to pay for this (their) >> victory. If you are happy you are able to give more. >> >> Maybe :) >> >> In 2007 after 2 weeks banner has been changed. >> >> przykuta >> > > Great theory for 2008, except for the whole economy is screwed, > high employment, mortgage foreclosure and general "nobody has > any money to spare" thing. > > -Chad > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
