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> "quietly" Is a link to the blog of said co-founder, where she discusses her philanthropy. Her Wikipedia page describes her as "an American novelist and phil

> "quietly" Is a link to the blog of said co-founder, where she discusses her philanthropy. Her Wikipedia page describes her as "an American novelist and philanthropist" and the largest section of that page is entitled "Philanthropy". I don't mean to criticize Mackenzie for this, just the unnecessary (and inaccurate) editorializing of the HN post title.

lifeisstillgood 6y ago
I get your point but this is a different context than how you or I might make a charitable donation - this is celebrity billionaire land. There is a difference in this strange other land between publishing the donations with some explanations so those interested can find out, and the usual way, which involves PR pieces, interviews abs dinner plates at a grand a pop. I mean I had no idea she had done this, yet I watched a big robo-ball follow Jeff around a garden. So yeah, I would think that, in this weird land, that was actually, quiet :-)
- dstick 6y ago
  No idea why you got downvoted. Thanks for taking the time to elaborate your thoughts. Edit: and now I’m getting downvoted. C’mon HN, be more diverse than this.
  - lifeisstillgood 6y ago
    Honestly, don't sweat the downvotes. Just wait for smarter people to read it ;-)
  - grzm 6y ago
    > "No idea why you got downvoted." Better to just give a compensatory upvote and move on. Commenting on downvotes helps no one and is against the guide lines.
escape_goat 6y ago
Hi dang and/or moderators, the title of Ms. Scott's article is "384 ways to help" and I think that that is a perfectly good link text. I don't fault the submitter for admiring Mackenzie Scott but editorializing in links is a problematic practice which shouldn't be encouraged.
- grzm 6y ago
  The most effective way to contact the mods is through the Contact link in the footer.
- throwaway2245 6y ago
  Worth noting her name in the link text is also mis-spelled (mis-capitalised), and I'm not sure it's appropriate to use only her first name. She goes by MacKenzie Scott.
- jhoechtl 6y ago
  I often read that editing a title is discouraged. However: What should "384 ways to help?" tell me? It's clickbait. The edited title at least gives me an idea what the content is all about. It's so good it actually serves as a summary.
- permo-w 6y ago
  Someone posted it with that title 10 days ago. It got 2 upvotes
valenciarose 6y ago
The quietly is less about communication with the public than it is communication with the non-profits about the gifts. No weeks/months-long crafting of the gift announcement message. No extended negotiation about how the gift is going to be used. Hint, right now every non-profit is hurting for unrestricted genop money. It's incredibly refreshing.
- giovannibonetti 6y ago
  What does genop mean? I couldn't find it on Google
  - thisiszilff 6y ago
    A guess: general operations
  - obrajesse 6y ago
    I believe it means 'general operations' - Ms Scott's gifts have been unrestricted, with atypically light reporting requirements. Basically, she's trusting the non-profit recipients of her donations to know how to spend their money to accomplish their missions and isn't making them bend over backwards to appease her.
  - theklr 6y ago
    General operations if I’m presuming jargon. Which I think is the bigger deal with her donations than anything else.
koolk3ychain 6y ago
I agree with your point here - this reminds me the "that girl in college who bought fast food for homeless people because she's a good person... and then told everyone how much of a good person she was for doing it" meme. Charitable donations are great, more people should donate to private charities that benefit their communities as I strongly believe many of these organizations genuinely do more good than government programs! However, her blog screams "look how much money I gave away" / "I'm one of the good rich people - please don't kill me when you decide to pillage the rich".

lifeisstillgood 6y ago

I get your point but this is a different context than how you or I might make a charitable donation - this is celebrity billionaire land. There is a difference in this strange other land between publishing the donations with some explanations so those interested can find out, and the usual way, which involves PR pieces, interviews abs dinner plates at a grand a pop. I mean I had no idea she had done this, yet I watched a big robo-ball follow Jeff around a garden. So yeah, I would think that, in this weird land, that was actually, quiet :-)

dstick 6y ago
No idea why you got downvoted. Thanks for taking the time to elaborate your thoughts. Edit: and now I’m getting downvoted. C’mon HN, be more diverse than this.
- lifeisstillgood 6y ago
  Honestly, don't sweat the downvotes. Just wait for smarter people to read it ;-)
- grzm 6y ago
  > "No idea why you got downvoted." Better to just give a compensatory upvote and move on. Commenting on downvotes helps no one and is against the guide lines.

escape_goat 6y ago

Hi dang and/or moderators, the title of Ms. Scott's article is "384 ways to help" and I think that that is a perfectly good link text. I don't fault the submitter for admiring Mackenzie Scott but editorializing in links is a problematic practice which shouldn't be encouraged.

grzm 6y ago
The most effective way to contact the mods is through the Contact link in the footer.
throwaway2245 6y ago
Worth noting her name in the link text is also mis-spelled (mis-capitalised), and I'm not sure it's appropriate to use only her first name. She goes by MacKenzie Scott.
jhoechtl 6y ago
I often read that editing a title is discouraged. However: What should "384 ways to help?" tell me? It's clickbait. The edited title at least gives me an idea what the content is all about. It's so good it actually serves as a summary.
permo-w 6y ago
Someone posted it with that title 10 days ago. It got 2 upvotes

valenciarose 6y ago

The quietly is less about communication with the public than it is communication with the non-profits about the gifts. No weeks/months-long crafting of the gift announcement message. No extended negotiation about how the gift is going to be used. Hint, right now every non-profit is hurting for unrestricted genop money. It's incredibly refreshing.

giovannibonetti 6y ago
What does genop mean? I couldn't find it on Google
- thisiszilff 6y ago
  A guess: general operations
- obrajesse 6y ago
  I believe it means 'general operations' - Ms Scott's gifts have been unrestricted, with atypically light reporting requirements. Basically, she's trusting the non-profit recipients of her donations to know how to spend their money to accomplish their missions and isn't making them bend over backwards to appease her.
- theklr 6y ago
  General operations if I’m presuming jargon. Which I think is the bigger deal with her donations than anything else.

koolk3ychain 6y ago

I agree with your point here - this reminds me the "that girl in college who bought fast food for homeless people because she's a good person... and then told everyone how much of a good person she was for doing it" meme. Charitable donations are great, more people should donate to private charities that benefit their communities as I strongly believe many of these organizations genuinely do more good than government programs! However, her blog screams "look how much money I gave away" / "I'm one of the good rich people - please don't kill me when you decide to pillage the rich".