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I share similar sentiments as the article's author: I donated once ~4 years ago, and have been completely turned off donating again (despite wanting to, and k

by berkut 5y ago

I share similar sentiments as the article's author: I donated once ~4 years ago, and have been *completely* turned off donating again (despite wanting to, and knowing I should for such a fantastic resource) by such agressive emails, because I feel it's rewarding such behaviour.

CamperBob2 5y ago
Couldn't agree more. As a longtime donor, I feel uncomfortable not donating, but even more uncomfortable at closing a positive feedback loop on bad behavior. New management is probably the only answer, as Wales clearly feels this is the best way to run this particular railroad. But what will we give up when that finally happens? The whole situation sucks. It would be so much better if they just knocked off the shady shit. Lately I've been redirecting donations that would have gone to Wikipedia to the Internet Archive, as I feel their work is at least equally important. But IA's reckless legal behavior is likely to result in my donations going straight to their defense counsel and/or plaintiffs, which is also not something I want to be part of.
mattlondon 5y ago
It is the same with most charities. Donate once as a one-off and they will Never. Leave. You. Alone. You'll continue getting letters and emails and sometimes even calls for years and years after your last donation. It puts me off donating.
- randycupertino 5y ago
  I've had the same thing with race fundraising charities. I donated to someone else's Best Buddies bike ride fundraising trip and I haven't been able to get off "Maria Shriver's Best Buddies" email spam list for years. They create new email addresses to spam me constantly. It's turned me off of ever donating anything to them again!
- loeg 5y ago
  Donor-Advised Funds are nice in part because they make it easy to give charities money anonymously. They can't spam you if they don't know who you are.

I share similar sentiments as the article's author: I donated once ~4 years ago, and have been *completely* turned off donating again (despite wanting to, and k

by berkut 5y ago

CamperBob2 5y ago

Couldn't agree more. As a longtime donor, I feel uncomfortable not donating, but even more uncomfortable at closing a positive feedback loop on bad behavior. New management is probably the only answer, as Wales clearly feels this is the best way to run this particular railroad. But what will we give up when that finally happens? The whole situation sucks. It would be so much better if they just knocked off the shady shit. Lately I've been redirecting donations that would have gone to Wikipedia to the Internet Archive, as I feel their work is at least equally important. But IA's reckless legal behavior is likely to result in my donations going straight to their defense counsel and/or plaintiffs, which is also not something I want to be part of.

mattlondon 5y ago

It is the same with most charities. Donate once as a one-off and they will Never. Leave. You. Alone. You'll continue getting letters and emails and sometimes even calls for years and years after your last donation. It puts me off donating.

randycupertino 5y ago
I've had the same thing with race fundraising charities. I donated to someone else's Best Buddies bike ride fundraising trip and I haven't been able to get off "Maria Shriver's Best Buddies" email spam list for years. They create new email addresses to spam me constantly. It's turned me off of ever donating anything to them again!
loeg 5y ago
Donor-Advised Funds are nice in part because they make it easy to give charities money anonymously. They can't spam you if they don't know who you are.