[adrianmoses]

They're doing fine https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/2016-2017_Fundraising_R.... Fundraising by donations is a numbers game. It can be annoying, but a lot of people do give.

[jessriedel]

The OP isn't arguing that they can't raise enough money this way, he's arguing that they way they are doing it alienates wikipedia users.