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I donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center a few years ago. A physical address was a required field on the donation form. I have never stopped regretting it,
by water-data-dude 3y ago
I donated to the Southern Poverty Law Center a few years ago. A physical address was a required field on the donation form. I have never stopped regretting it, because GODDAMN! They started hammering me with physical mail asking for more money immediately and have not stopped.
- MrDrMcCoy 3y agoJust curious why you used an address that's associated with you. Choosing the address of a place like a park, which is a real address that has no mailbox or direct association with you, ought to be the default if you don't want to be spammed to hell and back.
- tempestn 3y agoYou might want to receive a tax receipt.
- MrDrMcCoy 3y agoI've usually been able to get that in email form.
- water-data-dude 3y agoI was young and naive! Also, I wanted to make the donation immediately, while I was thinking about it. I didn’t want to put it on a back shelf of my mind and forget about it for a few years, and I assumed “The Good Guys” wouldn’t use my information in a negative way.
- maerF0x0 3y agoI had this happen years ago, ironically I'm pretty sure they spent more hounding me for the next dollar than i gave them (like $25).
- darthrupert 3y agoIn case you're still giving money to them, perhaps consider not donating to an organization that marks people as bigots for speaking against religious extremism. edit They do do a lot of good work in marking actual hate groups though, so I suppose it's a net positive still even if they miss a few strikes.