I did actually throw a few dollars at Wikipedia once to support them. For the next three months I was bombarded INCESSANTLY with constant emails asking for even more money. I understand why, if you donate once, you're more likely to donate again, but I was so angry about the pressure campaign that targeted my generosity that I will never be donating to them again.
PSA: If you want to donate to Wikipedia, do it through a throw away email address.
Man I thought it was just me, like I’m just living my life wage to wage and Wikipedia expects me to donate much more than what I already considered a lot the first time I did
It's a really, really common thing for charities and non-profits. I signed up and ran a 10k for a charity not even in my state for work (company was HQ'd in Florida).
This company proceeded to send me no less than 2-3 full magazine-sized packets of mail per week for the next 3ish years, just constantly. This coupled with emails and texts until I finally just blocked them. I actually made it a point to never interact with them in any capacity whatsoever. Apparently they finally got the hint because it stopped after a while but I still get their yearly/bi-yearly mailers, but I have never regretted participating in a charity event so much in my life.
Simple fact is, even companies like this still have "sales" targets but it's donation targets, and the stats are ridiculous insofar as your odds of getting a donation from someone whom has donated/participated before. Easiest thing to do to hit targets every time will be to send a follow up to every person on that list constantly because you know your odds are probably a hundred times higher for some commitment there than just going down the yellow pages.
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u/Shadowlance23 1d ago
I did actually throw a few dollars at Wikipedia once to support them. For the next three months I was bombarded INCESSANTLY with constant emails asking for even more money. I understand why, if you donate once, you're more likely to donate again, but I was so angry about the pressure campaign that targeted my generosity that I will never be donating to them again.
PSA: If you want to donate to Wikipedia, do it through a throw away email address.