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by swalling 513 days ago
“If Wikipedia’s eyeballs are low, people wouldn’t contribute”

People were contributing well before it was a top 10 website. That’s how it got kickstarted in the first place.

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But people knew that the content is easily accessible over internet and the usage would grow. If the content is only available in say one library in a random city, people wouldn't contribute for free.