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If they could only make the email address optional, then I'd consider... there really is no good reason whatsoever to require an email address here for someone
by wfunction 12y ago
If they could only make the email address optional, then I'd consider... there really is no good reason whatsoever to require an email address here for someone who isn't asking for a reward.
- drewfrank 12y agoThat strikes me as a pretty extreme reaction. If it's an issue you care about and you think it's a viable approach, you'd really withhold your contribution on the basis of a required email address?
- andrewflnr 12y agoIt smells bad. If I'm not explicitly asking them to send me stuff, what are they going to do with it except send me stuff I didn't ask for, AKA spam. This particular project may well be an exception, but on today's internet that's a healthy reflex.
- wfunction 12y agoBecause it wouldn't be the first time I'd have been bitten by making donations to organizations that kept begging for money through the contact information provided. I have no idea if they plan to do this, but I suspect they might (otherwise why would they require an email address?) and the onus on them to prove they don't intend to do that. Claiming you want to do something good doesn't automatically win everyone's trust.
- dueprocess 12y agoSorry, I upvoted you by accident. Can you clarify why requiring an email address is a showstopper for you?
- sergiotapia 12y agoI agree but you can use a mailinator account and be done with it.
- vadvi 12y agoUse a fake email address.
- spyder 12y agoYea, let's not support cleaning up the oceans because it requires and e-mail address.