Pump-and-dump schemes, fraud, ransomware, multi-level marketing, spam, incentivizing selfishness, greed, and general unethical behaviour, buying elections, quasi Nazis creating their own coins, et cetera. In my opinion, over the years the evidence has piled up tall enough to show that crypto"currencies" are an overal detriment to society.

It therefore surprised me to discover that behind the ♡ donation button on top of most Lemmy instances except for Beehaw, there is an option to donate “crypto”. This sets a bad example. Thoughts?

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    92·
    1 day ago

    I use monero, and I donate to projects in monero.

    I don’t want to start a relationship with those I donate to, I want to drop money in the pot and walk away. I don’t want followup emails, I don’t want to be on a donor list, I don’t want call to action phone calls.

    Every other form of transaction starts a permanent relationship. I don’t like that

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
        2·
        22 hours ago

        donate.wikimedia.org as an example, requires a email address, and their policy is

        We do not sell or trade your information to anyone. By donating, you agree to share your personal information with the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, and its service providers pursuant to our donor policy. Wikimedia Foundation and its service providers are located in the United States and in other countries whose privacy laws may not be equivalent to your own. For more information please read our donor policy.

        they keep all of the personal info, so yes, it very much starts a relationship with them.

        In order to donate with traditional systems, you have to dox yourself