popups, lightboxes, talking jimbos: Fundraising 2011 Happy New Year everyone!
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 1:56 PM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: > Brian J Mingus wrote: > > I guess nobody cares if you top post or bottom post here, but it does get > > confusing when the two are mixed in the same thread. > > I care. You shouldn't be top-posting or bottom-posting. Use inline posting: > https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette > > Brian J Mingus (also) wrote: > > Firstly, this is probably just an experiment to see if it draws more > > donations. If it doesn't, they probably won't use the tactic in the > future. > > The issue isn't whether it's a experiment or even whether it's successful. > The issue is one of principles. Animated banner ads aren't acceptable. > > > Second, if WMF doesn't meet the fundraising goal they will have to cut > > something from the budget. If it's so very important to you that they not > > try advertising techniques that are mildly annoying to some users you > should > > start by suggesting projects that won't get funded or people that won't > get > > hired or servers that won't get bought, etc. > > This is a false dilemma. The money needed to keep Wikipedia and other > Wikimedia projects running and ad-free for the next year was raised _weeks_ > ago. It's against Wikimedia's principles to use obnoxious or misleading ads > to raise money in this manner. > > > Third, adverts are turned off for non-logged in users. Try logging in. > > As the vast majority of page views are anonymous, this is largely a moot > point. Yes, logging in will suppress the banners on an individual level. > That doesn't make it acceptable to have bad banners for most of the > readership. > > MZMcBride > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
