NimbleBitFor every favorite this toot got during Pride Month, we pledged $10 to The Trevor Project. Thanks to everyone's boosting and favorites we raised $15,000!!! 🎉
Len@nimblebit No.
Donate whatever you've budgeted to donate, regardless, upfront, rather than hold charity hostage to getting eyeballs on you.
Charity first, attention second.
@Hyperlynx I considered this but thought that getting the Trevor Project in front of thousands of eyeballs would be better than a silent donation. I don’t have a specific amount budgeted for this.
@nimblebit I didn't mean donate and say nothing, I meant donate and say "this is a great charity, we donated $X, you should too".
Making your donation amount conditional on the amount of attention your post gets is shitty. I get that it's not at all uncommon, but it's still shitty to use a charity as an advertising vehicle, and I would yell at others doing the same.
Derek van Vliet@Hyperlynx i’m not sure why you deleted this. it’s really impressive stuff. maybe for an encore you can scold a school bake sale
@derekvanvliet because after thinking about it further, I considered your advice to "delete this". That toot was harsher than necessary, and escalates further than I should have.
@derekvanvliet but go on, then. Where am I wrong?
If I've erred, I will indeed delete my toots and apologise for my mistake.
@derekvanvliet because it sure looks to me like a business piggybacking on a charity to get advertising!
Well... after sitting and thinking about it: but so what? I'm not raging against the machine, here, I'm raging against a small indie company that can't just pull a fat stack of cash from an advertising budget.
@nimblebit, I apologise. If you'd like me to delete my toots, I will, or I can leave them up as a mark of my stupidity.
@Hyperlynx @derekvanvliet No worries, it is up to you! Thanks for the favorite!