[Foundation-l] Rethinking fundraising (2): Storytelling

[White Cat]

I do not oppose the idea but if I were donating I would rather see hard data
rather than stories. We lack a reasonable page view/site hit statistics.

   - White Cat

On 10/6/07, Jeandré du Toit <jackdt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I personally don't like the point pushing that is marketing generally,
> and mawkish ads specifically; preferring neutral, factual information.
> Will this storytelling approach with symbolic media not put off the
> people who previously responded to the simple, marketese free "If you
> think Wikimedia's projects are worthwhile, please donate so we can buy
> infrastructure to keep it going."? Will storytelling bring in more
> donations, and if so what does it say about the NPOV educational
> information provided?
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