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Gofundme is in the trust business. You have to have a lot of trust in them or you won't use them. They seem to be pivoting to a strategy that encourages distr
by tomohawk 5y ago
Gofundme is in the trust business. You have to have a lot of trust in them or you won't use them. They seem to be pivoting to a strategy that encourages distrust.
This is pretty much how a lot of people view gofundme now:
https://babylonbee.com/news/gofundme-freezes-funds-for-childs-heart-surgery-after-finding-out-he-supports-trucker-protest https://babylonbee.com/news/gofundme-freezes-funds-for-child...
They are a joke.
- culi 5y agoI don't know if that's true. I think the participation of many white nationalists in the trucker movement was a disaster waiting to happen for GFM. Ultimately the police were the ones who told them to take it down and they agreed the threat of violence violated their TOS They followed their standard protocol to offer refunds and then donate any unrefunded money to charities of the choosing of the main organizers. And they've even changed their policy to issue direct refunds instead. I think they're clearly still in the business of trying to maintain their trust