• sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al
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    5 months ago

    Do what YOU want with your money.

    But if you have spare money, please check out the #MutualAid hashtag (on mastodon) and consider helping those in need there.

  • NineMileTower@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    “500.000$”

    This is not American. Not saying you shouldn’t donate to Harris, but seeing money written out that way seems fishy as shit to someone who would otherwise be looking to donate.

  • BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    If the point of the fundraiser is to convince her to join mastodon, wouldn’t 450k send just as strong of a message as 500k? Do what you want with your money, but why? Why are we dumping hundreds of grand towards a politician (who’s just raised over 300mil in two weeks) on the off chance they will decide to make a mastodon account? The fundraiser even says “encourage her to create a distinct presence on mastodon”. The language is so noncommittal it seems like even the people who organized this don’t expect anything to happen after they dump a cool half mil into a campaign that’s already wildly successful.

    Imo if the point of this fundraiser is to promote and grow mastodon/the fediverse then why isn’t the money put towards ads, funding instances, developing the fediverse, or a million other things. That amount of money could go a very long way for the fediverse if it were put towards something other than a plea to Kamala Harris to pretty please maybe think about possibly signing up for mastodon

  • Ab_intra@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Would donate If it was possible for foreigners, but it’s against US law for me to donate so I will refrain from doing so.

    • WanderingVentra@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      You have a US citizen friend you can give money to donate? Normally I wouldn’t encourage going around the sanctity of our elections but since AIPAC had already tipped the scales of our primaries and they do the same thing, fuck it. Nothing is sacred anymore apparently.

    • Alphane Moon@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Harris is on Threads and recently you’ve been able to follow people on Threads from Mastadon.

      A Mastadon “native” account would be best of course, especially considering the amount raised.

  • qaz@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Contribution rules

    1. I am a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted permanent resident (i.e., green card holder).

    Does anyone know why this rule exists?

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      5 months ago

      So foreign agents can’t donate to candidates that will benefit them. (But that happens anyway.)