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I hate both the protest group and desantis but honestly he’s right. The only reason gofundme (or any org with similar practices) do this is because they know t
by olliej 5y ago
I hate both the protest group and desantis but honestly he’s right.
The only reason gofundme (or any org with similar practices) do this is because they know that some people will miss the deadline, and the it becomes pure profit.
- cpncrunch 5y agoDid you not read the article? There is no deadline. All donations are going to be automatically refunded.
- throwawayay02 5y agoAfter GoFundMe's cut of course.
- gnicholas 5y agoReally? My reading was that the donations will be refunded in their entirety. I will say that I find GoFundMe's tactics around fees to be distasteful. It's been a while, but I recall having selected a donation amount and then being asked to pay an extra fee "so the charity doesn't have to bear this burden" or some such thing. Basically they just wanted to increase the donation amount (which increases their fee), and they were using guilt as a tactic.
- culi 5y ago...This is just incorrect.
- wrycoder 5y agoThat was not their original plan. They saw the pushback coming from many fronts.
- cpncrunch 5y agoIndeed, and the article mentions that too.
- olliej 5y agoThat wasn’t the case when I read the article. They changed their policy after being threatened with legal action.
- seanw444 5y agoHate is a pretty strong word for people resisting government overreach.
- lkxijlewlf 5y ago
- 8note 5y agoIt's a reasonable word for people bullying a homeless shelter though. There's always some nuance
- culi 5y agoGoFundMe almost immediately changed their policy and instead directly refunded everyone If this was a matter of politics, I think their politics would actually push them to make this decision more because the alternative was to make the organization that organized it choose another charity to give it to. That charity would likely be something that does not align with the politics of the average GFM employee
- throwaway4aday 5y agoThey changed their policy after it kicked off a massive internet shitstorm. It's no excuse for their initial, blatantly antipathic announcement.
- HideousKojima 5y agoAnd a massive wave of CC chargebacks