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Facebook Announces Crowdfunding Service To Back Causes Such As Medical Needs (androidandme.com)
Facebook said today it is introducing a crowdfunding feature to help users back causes such as education, medical needs, pet medical, crisis relief, personal emergencies and funerals. The new tool, which appears to offer similar features as GoFundMe, allows users 18 or older to "raise money for themselves, a friend or someone or something not on Facebook." From a report: Personal Fundraisers are available in several specific categories, and require a 24-hour review process. Here are the covered categories for now:
Education: such as tuition, books or classroom supplies.
Medical: such as medical procedures, treatments or injuries.
Pet Medical: such as veterinary procedures, treatments or injuries.
Crisis Relief: such as public crises or natural disasters.
Personal Emergency: such as a house fire, theft or car accident.
Funeral and Loss: such as burial expenses or living costs after losing a loved one.
Education: such as tuition, books or classroom supplies.
Medical: such as medical procedures, treatments or injuries.
Pet Medical: such as veterinary procedures, treatments or injuries.
Crisis Relief: such as public crises or natural disasters.
Personal Emergency: such as a house fire, theft or car accident.
Funeral and Loss: such as burial expenses or living costs after losing a loved one.
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But yeah, begging for money via the Internet works too, I guess.
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This used to be called BEGGING.
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I think what really bothers me about this is we're happily tearing down any support nets in the US and instead relying on the goodwill of strangers. This really leans more towards "the rich get richer" because they continue to hoard their money as rather than their tax dollars working towards the welfare of all people for basic needs, people now have to rely on others' post tax dollars if they're lucky.
This is the march towards a pure capitalist society which I think it's going to have it's own host of issues and really pushes the "I got mine, screw you" mentality, rather than trying to help all people in times of need.
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That'll be a boon to the usual scam brigade. What better mix than Facebook instant gratification and follow the crowd culture mixed with low-information vain customer base. I guess FB will keep a small percentage ;)
Are they taking a piece of the donation, you know processing fee or whatever?
You mean on top of the data they're harvesting from you and your donors?
Really this can be profitable for Facebook simply by tracking who donates, and selling that info to advertisers. There's nothing more valuable to an advertisers than knowing that someone is easily manipulated into spending money.
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You think things are scary now? Just let Zuckerberg follow his plan and watch what happens. Polarizing pundits like to call the other side (whichever side) "fascist", but this could be the real deal if we don't keep Facebook in check.
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Remember how selfish these types of services actually are. They exploit tragedies to make a % of the money donated.
Every time I've had a friend or family member ask for money through similar means (and I actually cared enough to donate), I pull out the old checkbook and spend a few cents on a stamp or give them cash in person. Done, no tracking, no skimming 5% off the top, and its much more personal.
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from our world's completely lack of basic services and human decency. Fantastic.
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When her 5-year-old broke his leg, this mom raised $0. It's actually inspiring.
Freddie Teer is a normal 7-year-old boy. He loves Legos, skateboarding, and horsing around with his older brother Ollie. But two years ago, his mother faced every parent's worst nightmare. ...
While Freddie's injury required major treatment, none of Ashley's friends raised any money for him.
No one from their town took up a collection or held a bake sale.
No GoFundMe page was started to help cover his bills.
Instead, Ashley and Freddie walked out of the hospital owing nothing. Because they live in Canada.
...pretty extroverts and scammers will get money, ugly introverts will just rot. How about you implement a decent and universal medical care and education system instead ? Like everyone else, you know.
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Wasn't Facebook supposed to have supplied free wifi to third world countries by now?
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Facebook announces crowdfunding service to skim dollars off the backs of the needy.
This is the Republicans new healthcare plan right?
I thought e-begging was on its way out. Sadly, I was wrong.
Wow, so Facebook really is serious about the millennial demographic!
Seriously, do people have no shame? Freeloading used to have a stigma.
I assume they'll charge a percentage for it. Great way to earn money from other people's misfortune.
People seem to forget that euphemisms like 'raise money', invesment' and '...-funding' cover variations over the theme of borrowing money, which in the end is going to have to be paid back - and the expectation, when it comes to investment is the equivalent of significantly more than normal loan interest. This is like the infamous 'pay-day loans' that market themselves as your bestest pal ever, who will help you out - but at the cost of what may be equivalent to >100% pa. The normal term for this kind of pal (and now investor) is 'loan shark'.
GoFundMe.com charges a 5% fee on contributions.
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