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-squareOdelay42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·5 months agoI’m not being dishonest. Just questioning the value of the information. Of course rich people are more likely to leverage a social network that contains other rich people?
minus-squareDeceptichum@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoGood, so now that we’ve studied it we can know for sure this is the case and not just a “well it sounds right”. And before this study, how many people even thought this was the case? Sure in hindsight it checks out.
I’m not being dishonest. Just questioning the value of the information. Of course rich people are more likely to leverage a social network that contains other rich people?
Good, so now that we’ve studied it we can know for sure this is the case and not just a “well it sounds right”.
And before this study, how many people even thought this was the case? Sure in hindsight it checks out.