alt Hacker NewsUgh. The persistent nagging fundraising drives are probably the main reason I haven’t donated to Wikipedia even though I feel like I should.
One time I donated to a Red Cross appeal and over the next decade I’m certain they spent more than my original donation on spamming me with physical junk mail trying to extract more money from me. Never again.
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bigstrat2003 • today at 7:10 PM
I had the same thing happen with donating blood. I donated blood and ever since then they call me once every week or two to nag me to donate more blood. I will never donate blood to that organization again.
Same with political donations in the US. I gave to one campaign 10 years ago and I've been getting consistent requests for donations since. So now they all get marked as spam.
The first one came right after my donation.
I guess it works for them but it's crazy to me that all these orgs basically make you regret ever donating in the first place.
Ironically, though, I've donated to Wikipedia and they've never bothered me more.
Edit: I'm not implying they wouldn't bother you, though! I have no idea.