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and which part of this makes any sense at all when applied to the wikimedia foundation

their point, if I distill it correctly, is that Meehan comes with an agenda of enshittification. Given the events we're talking here... it's not that far-fetched.

ok and it's worth discussing on its merits. but "wikipedia is private equity" is a dumb thing to say and it matters to actually make concrete criticisms instead of throwing around buzzwords. the agenda of private equity is driven by profit incentives that make absolutely zero sense here.

> the agenda of private equity is driven by profit incentives that make absolutely zero sense here.

well, that also makes a bit of sense. like, why focus on cashing in from AI crap or on continuously expanding the cash bunker like a PE firm would, instead of actually investing money into coordinating with the communities when it comes to stuff like a new theme?

probably the same reason they put banners on the site asking for money

Yeah nobody said Wikipedia is private equity so maybe read for comprehension

The person above you seemed to be able to figure it out without much issue

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