[Foundation-l] advertising craigslist

[geni]

2009/12/15 Delphine Ménard <notafishz at gmail.com>:
> Just so I understand your argument. Were Jimmy Wales to lend his name
> and good will to support a cause {insert here name of noble cause you
> believe in}, I suppose you would summarize his help as "oh, he's
> trying to get his company to get a better image"? Wait, I'm probably
> starting a troll here. Replace Jimmy Wales with "whatever known
> person" you can think of.
>
> Did it ever occur to you that real people _aren't_ the company they
> founded/bought/are taking care of?

The text of the advert:
"Craig of Craigslist urges you to support Wikipedia. Why?"

In that context the separation between person and company is rather weak.

> And whether it is Craig Newmark, the Dalai Lama, the Pope or my
> neighbours, if their "supporting" a good cause actually works and
> money comes in and awareness rises, frankly, I say "go ahead" and
> "thanks for all your help".
>

So you are okey with adverts on wikipedia as long as they are ah
""supporting" a good cause"? Third parties supporting wikipedia is one
thing. At the cost of advertsing their company on one in five page
views of wikipedia? No that is quite another.


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geni