> somewhat amateurish construction and maintenance of these sites Maybe it's my misplaced faith in human nature but I think this kind of thing is almost self-r

> somewhat amateurish construction and maintenance of these sites Maybe it's my misplaced faith in human nature but I think this kind of thing is almost self-regulating. > not that I'm interested in pursuing it Exactly. It's funny how money works. I'm sure there's a lot of HN users reading this thinking "well fuck that, ten grand a month!" I guarantee you that after 6 months 99% of those people would be looking at themselves and wondering what they were doing with their lives. Getting a bit of money saves you from the wolves at the door - bills, rent, worrying about what you buy. And then you're in your nice, warm, fully paid up home and you get to face the real monster - the mirror.(†) Which is why these rich guys are paying through the nose for this nonsense in the first place, of course. Because that guy in the mirror is taunting them. Take money for doing something you know is wrong and he'll taunt you, too. The thing is, though, you can have as many fake philanthropy sites as you want, but you can't fool that guy in the mirror. (†) Or the whiskey bottle. Same thing really.