> I'll accept that it's a cultural change when I get these sorts of requests from people I know, rather than from random strangers. I get these ridiculous GoFu

> I'll accept that it's a cultural change when I get these sorts of requests from people I know, rather than from random strangers. I get these ridiculous GoFundMe requests from people I know (including relatively close friends) on a pretty regular basis. It's different from the classic "charities" in that the pressure is much higher when it's a personal appeal from a friend.