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> They aren't lies It's not literally fraud in the legal sense, but it's purposefully taking advantage of the goodwill of unsophisticated donors to fund projec
by jessriedel 7y ago
> They aren't lies
It's not literally fraud in the legal sense, but it's purposefully taking advantage of the goodwill of unsophisticated donors to fund projects and people the donors predictably wouldn't approve of if they understood what was happening. The donors think they are supporting Wikipedia, and the money is largely going elsewhere. Morally, it's lying.
- specialist 7y agoFund raising has its own domain knowledge. Not defending. Having done some myself, I'd guess they're mostly following the standard playbook.