GoFundMe Is a Boon for Disaster Survivors. Especially the Wealthy Ones.
www.nytimes.com
Campaigns on the crowdfunding site raised more money for wildfire survivors with high incomes than for those who need help most, researchers found.
  • Deceptichum@kbin.social
    439·
    9 months ago

    The issue isn’t that rich donaters have more money to spare.

    Its that richer people are able to leverage their social status to gain 28% more donations.

    You’ve framed this rather dishonestly imo.

    • Odelay42@lemmy.worldEnglish
      62·
      9 months ago

      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?

      • Deceptichum@kbin.social
        31·
        9 months ago

        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.