Tommasi [she/her, pup/pup's]

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Joined 4 years ago
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Cake day: September 11th, 2021

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  • I think it’s in a bad state and recently blocked it. A space where community members can help each other out in crisis is great, and while it sometimes functions like that, it’s used as an uregulated fundraising charity just as often.

    When we see people asking for hundreds of dollars in donations every month, we need to ask if that’s actually within the scope of this site to handle in a safe manner. As it stands, I don’t think it is. 100 % of the risks is put on the person donating, as that’s the only way we can do it with the resources available, but that’s an awful way to do charity.

    At the very least, I think the current warning in the comm about posts not being vetted is not clear enough and should explicitly warn users that they might be getting scammed.