Re:BuzzFeed News Asks Readers to Chip in with Donations
by geofft on Monday August 27, 2018 @11:20PM
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Do you have the same concern that when you buy a product from a for-profit company, your money is going into investors' pockets if they're successful and meaningless if not?
All I want to do is voluntarily use my money in a way that yields good outcomes for me. It doesn't really matter to me whether BuzzFeed wants to use all $100 I give them, or wants to use $95 of it and send me a tote bag with the other $5 that I'll stick in a closet and never use. It does sort of matter, I guess, that they're not incorporating as a non-profit if there are tax benefits to doing so. It does sort of matter that the money is going to a sustainable company, but maybe paying back investors is the best way to ensure that it's sustainable. But apart from that - why is it better for me if they come up with some artificial way to make things look like a sale?
All I want to do is voluntarily use my money in a way that yields good outcomes for me. It doesn't really matter to me whether BuzzFeed wants to use all $100 I give them, or wants to use $95 of it and send me a tote bag with the other $5 that I'll stick in a closet and never use. It does sort of matter, I guess, that they're not incorporating as a non-profit if there are tax benefits to doing so. It does sort of matter that the money is going to a sustainable company, but maybe paying back investors is the best way to ensure that it's sustainable. But apart from that - why is it better for me if they come up with some artificial way to make things look like a sale?