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“The GoFundMe CEO hopes younger donors, who are often more values-driven, digitally native, and community-oriented, will push giving higher and faster.” I can’t

“The GoFundMe CEO hopes younger donors, who are often more values-driven, digitally native, and community-oriented, will push giving higher and faster.” I can’t believe it. THIS is what he hopes for? He is not stating he hopes his country can get out of this mess? Or researching what his company can do? He’s just looking after his cut.

rat9988 11mo ago
What have you done yourself here about it? For myself, nothing.
- 63stack 11mo ago
  Oh get the fuck out with that. Not writing disingenuous feelgood bullshit, pretending that I work for some kind of greater good, while actually I'm pushing my own company, and trying to shift burden onto the "young digital natives". For a start.
  - rcbdev 11mo ago
    I don't know about the United States of America, but in my country it's very common to do volunteer work.
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    - 63stack 11mo ago
      Me neither, and same here.
    - bigbadfeline 11mo ago
      > I don't know about the United States of America, but in my country it's very common to do volunteer work. Your business plan for America: 1. Live in an unknown country Z that's not the US, about which you don't know much. 2. Do volunteer work in Z, consisting of doing highly unknown stuff X for a secret number of minutes per year Y. 3. ... 4. Imply unknown profits for Z 5. The US implements a copy of the unknown volunteering in unknown country Z 6. ... 7. Imply enough unknown profits for the US to fix all of its unspecified problems. Am I missing something, like known or unknown unknown?
      - rcbdev 11mo ago
        What exactly is your problem? You could just ask, if you're genuinely curious.
  - rat9988 11mo ago
    > Oh get the fuck out with that. Hey, learn how to have a nice discussion first then you can tell us about your morale compass.
- stavros 11mo ago
  Vote?
  - greffel 11mo ago
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- antisthenes 11mo ago
  I would imagine the HN demographic pays quite a bit in taxes, both state and federal. One would think that in 2025, in one of the wealthiest countries on Earth, we could at least solve food insecurity.
  - ryandrake 11mo ago
    We're not going to solve food insecurity when one major political party thinks it's kind of a problem but not big enough to actually do something about, and the other major political party is doing whatever they can policy-wise to increase food insecurity.
  - mmooss 11mo ago
    > I would imagine the HN demographic pays quite a bit in taxes, both state and federal. If they are in the U.S. and wealthy, they pay relatively little. That's why the U.S. has a problem funding these things.
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janwl 11mo ago
He hopes for what benefits him. Would you rather see him lie and say he hopes people wouldn’t use his platform to pay for groceries?
- newsclues 11mo ago
  The communication strategy should be to publicly hope for a thriving economy so people aren’t relying on the services for groceries but he is proud and thankful that GoFundme is there to help out in these difficult times…
- nakedrobot2 11mo ago
  Actually yes, exactly this. What he is saying is really disgusting.
- mistrial9 11mo ago
  your framing of the question needlessly removes other possibilities.. a benefit of independent companies in an economy is that some can be machiavellian bean-counters, others can be born-again bleeding hearts, and they can make business decisions from either point of view, or many others. cynicism is a pernicious emotional illness IMHO
masklinn 11mo ago
He already did that back in 2021: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/02/11/gofundme-ceo-congress-pass-covid-relief-desperate-americans-column/4440425001/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/02/11/gofu... He might have given up on the country at this point.
- digitalengineer 11mo ago
  Just... wow... Thanks for the link. He did indeed! 2021 "The situation is nothing short of a national emergency. Congress should treat it as such... " And it only got worse. I'm guessing he gave up...
- bigbadfeline 11mo ago
  Or he might be switching sides, like every other tech and non-tech business? Trying not to blame the GOP-controlled Congress in this time of stomp-on-the-critics politics? What are the odds, knowing what business cares about first and foremost?

rat9988 11mo ago

What have you done yourself here about it? For myself, nothing.

63stack 11mo ago
Oh get the fuck out with that. Not writing disingenuous feelgood bullshit, pretending that I work for some kind of greater good, while actually I'm pushing my own company, and trying to shift burden onto the "young digital natives". For a start.
- rcbdev 11mo ago
  I don't know about the United States of America, but in my country it's very common to do volunteer work.
  - deleted 11mo ago
    [deleted]
  - 63stack 11mo ago
    Me neither, and same here.
  - bigbadfeline 11mo ago
    > I don't know about the United States of America, but in my country it's very common to do volunteer work. Your business plan for America: 1. Live in an unknown country Z that's not the US, about which you don't know much. 2. Do volunteer work in Z, consisting of doing highly unknown stuff X for a secret number of minutes per year Y. 3. ... 4. Imply unknown profits for Z 5. The US implements a copy of the unknown volunteering in unknown country Z 6. ... 7. Imply enough unknown profits for the US to fix all of its unspecified problems. Am I missing something, like known or unknown unknown?
    - rcbdev 11mo ago
      What exactly is your problem? You could just ask, if you're genuinely curious.
- rat9988 11mo ago
  > Oh get the fuck out with that. Hey, learn how to have a nice discussion first then you can tell us about your morale compass.
stavros 11mo ago
Vote?
- greffel 11mo ago
  [flagged]
antisthenes 11mo ago
I would imagine the HN demographic pays quite a bit in taxes, both state and federal. One would think that in 2025, in one of the wealthiest countries on Earth, we could at least solve food insecurity.
- ryandrake 11mo ago
  We're not going to solve food insecurity when one major political party thinks it's kind of a problem but not big enough to actually do something about, and the other major political party is doing whatever they can policy-wise to increase food insecurity.
- mmooss 11mo ago
  > I would imagine the HN demographic pays quite a bit in taxes, both state and federal. If they are in the U.S. and wealthy, they pay relatively little. That's why the U.S. has a problem funding these things.
  - deleted 11mo ago
    [deleted]

janwl 11mo ago

He hopes for what benefits him. Would you rather see him lie and say he hopes people wouldn’t use his platform to pay for groceries?

newsclues 11mo ago
The communication strategy should be to publicly hope for a thriving economy so people aren’t relying on the services for groceries but he is proud and thankful that GoFundme is there to help out in these difficult times…
nakedrobot2 11mo ago
Actually yes, exactly this. What he is saying is really disgusting.
mistrial9 11mo ago
your framing of the question needlessly removes other possibilities.. a benefit of independent companies in an economy is that some can be machiavellian bean-counters, others can be born-again bleeding hearts, and they can make business decisions from either point of view, or many others. cynicism is a pernicious emotional illness IMHO

masklinn 11mo ago

He already did that back in 2021: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/02/11/gofundme-ceo-congress-pass-covid-relief-desperate-americans-column/4440425001/ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/02/11/gofu... He might have given up on the country at this point.

digitalengineer 11mo ago
Just... wow... Thanks for the link. He did indeed! 2021 "The situation is nothing short of a national emergency. Congress should treat it as such... " And it only got worse. I'm guessing he gave up...
bigbadfeline 11mo ago
Or he might be switching sides, like every other tech and non-tech business? Trying not to blame the GOP-controlled Congress in this time of stomp-on-the-critics politics? What are the odds, knowing what business cares about first and foremost?