silence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoGoFundMe Is a Boon for Disaster Survivors. Especially the Wealthy Ones. Campaigns on the crowdfunding site raised more money for wildfire survivors with high incomes than for those who need help mostwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down111
arrow-up1411arrow-down1external-linkGoFundMe Is a Boon for Disaster Survivors. Especially the Wealthy Ones. Campaigns on the crowdfunding site raised more money for wildfire survivors with high incomes than for those who need help mostwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareyo_scottie_oh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down7·edit-25 months agoYup—this whole article is a big fat nothing burger, but it’ll generate clicks, which is all that matters in the digital age. EDIT: Judging from some of the comments in this thread, rage bait headlines work. For better or worse.
minus-squareZoboomafoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoThe important message of the article for me was “Crowdfunding is a poor replacement for charity”
minus-squareOdelay42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoThat would have been a more informative headline
Yup—this whole article is a big fat nothing burger, but it’ll generate clicks, which is all that matters in the digital age.
EDIT: Judging from some of the comments in this thread, rage bait headlines work. For better or worse.
The important message of the article for me was “Crowdfunding is a poor replacement for charity”
That would have been a more informative headline