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Yep. Although they apologized publicly for it and came out being a much stronger organization. Their apology (not half bad): http://www.givewell.org/about/shor
by pratyushag 13y ago
Yep. Although they apologized publicly for it and came out being a much stronger organization.
Their apology (not half bad): http://www.givewell.org/about/shortcomings http://www.givewell.org/about/shortcomings
Deceit in lending is not uncommon among microfinance organizations, but it's surprising to see it from a YC-backed company. I look forward to Zidisha's response, I'm sure they'll shed more light on it.
- gohrt 13y agoAlso, 6 years later, their apology is still posted and crosslinked on their website, years later, in an easily accessible/sharable URL. MeFi's analysis, which FWIW, notes that most of the offending activity was done under the founders' real first-names: http://mefiwiki.com/wiki/Givewell http://mefiwiki.com/wiki/Givewell (Where is AirBnB's apology for violating Craigslist's TOS with the spamming from "Jessica"?)