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Huh? If they were doing poorly they wouldn't be able to afford to do this. It's exactly the companies that are doing well that we want to step up and do things

• mdorazio 7y ago
  That's the entire point you and other commenters are missing here. It's very easy to be generous when you're doing well, it's a lot harder to be generous when you're not. The latter is far more noble as a result. Easy comparison: if a millionaire stands up and yells at everyone about how they just donated $100 to a charity while someone else with barely any savings quietly donates the same amount, which one is more deserving of praise? Cloudflare is the millionaire in this example, thousands of small businesses making actual sacrifices to keep employees from getting fired are the other person. This is a feel-good PR stunt.
  • renewiltord 7y ago
    Honestly, 'deserving of praise' makes no sense to me. There are only behaviours you want to reinforce and behaviours you want to discourage. I think I want to reinforce offering internships (giving the $100 in your example) so I wouldn't differentiate between the two cases and I'd praise them both. This company is stepping up when they are able to. Good. I want more of that.