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hthrflwrs
@hthrflwrs

so i got the wikipedia donation message and decided to kick em a few bucks -- i like their product, i want them to have a little walkin' around money -- and afterwards they took me to a screen full of thanks, requests for more money, and

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Include Wikipedia in your will. Would you like assistance in developing your will? Our partner, FreeWill, can help you write one easily and free of charge.

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NoelBWrites
@NoelBWrites

Lmao I remember writing a shit ton of "Charitable Bequest" appeals when I wrote for nonprofits.

It's a huge part of fundraising, but it's usually aimed at a specific audience. Namely, the audience that's already thinking about their will, that has money, and that is realizing they can't take it with them. They generally want to "leave a lasting legacy" and stuff.

Also turning the "leave us your money when you die" appeal into a plug for a different sponsor is...uh... bold.

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literalHam
@literalHam

like, leaving bequests to non-profits in your will is kind of a normal thing for rich people to do....but the people with enough assets to want to leave Wikipedia money in their will are not the same people using a service like Free Will, so its a bit of an incoherant suggestion

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Crabbit-Slater
@Crabbit-Slater

This isn't that unusual imo?

Many charities (in the UK at least) receive a very substantial fraction of their funds from gifts in wills- to the point where these places will usually advertise a no-obligation will-writing service to encourage you to do so.

An autism charity wrote my will in my late 20's. I'm pretty sure it's legally nonbinding tho-

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daavpuke
@daavpuke

Look. There's absolutely an audience for the kind of Reddit sysadmin stickler that would want to fund The Web, even after death. To blindfire that request to a general population, however, may indicate a little bit of a lack in social awareness.

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EchoCian
@EchoCian

Wikipedia has plenty of money and does not actually need donations enough to be worth popping up a giant banner for it, although it looks like they toned them down last year? I'm not actually getting one to look at. At any rate, ads for a will right after donating for their promise to never have to run ads...sure is something. Not sure what something. A lie something, maybe.

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