Fair points, especially the car part. It just feels exploitative to me though, making money off people who are already desperate for any they can get. Looking m

Fair points, especially the car part. It just feels exploitative to me though, making money off people who are already desperate for any they can get. Looking more closely at the article, it looks like they wanted to profit off things like referral fees or something like: "pay $300 a month in rent or work 15 hours a week on crowdfunded community service project". This does seem pretty ethical, though I don't know profitable.