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At the moment the barriers to asking a bunch of people on the internet for money is effectively 0 so why the hell wouldn't you do it? the worst case scenario is
by cwmma 11y ago
At the moment the barriers to asking a bunch of people on the internet for money is effectively 0 so why the hell wouldn't you do it? the worst case scenario is you don't get any money and you're no worse off.
At some point (possibly right now with this article) a backlash will develop and there may be some social costs to doing this because of the numbers of people doing it have created a tragedy of the commons.
- nateabele 11y ago> [Y]ou're no worse off. Except your dignity, maybe?
- cwmma 11y agowell that's the key at the moment there isn't too much shame in doing so, I expect there will start being some soon.
- morgante 11y agoI think there's been a social cost from the start, it's just hard to tell since you, as the beggar, have no way of really seeing it. When I think poorly of you for making an illegitimate request, I'm probably just going to pass it over—there's no personal and immediate repercussion. The damage in the long-term is though: I'll definitely think less of that person and won't respond to their otherwise legitimate requests.