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by nradov 1520 days ago
That is hardly the same model. You are describing donations, not investments. Reliance on donations doesn't seem like a sustainable business model for running a huge worldwide enterprise. Eventually you run out of suckers with money to fall for the scam.
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Unless you're Wikimedia that is.
Very little of Wikipedia Foundation's donations come from individual users.

https://wikimediafoundation.org/support/benefactors/#section...