Quote Originally Posted by Christinnnian View Post
An example of ultimate classless behavior is someone I'm friends with posting their gofundme link last week saying "help ____ get back on her feet", then yesterday seeing the same person post about the brand new Mercedes her boyfriend got for her.

I'm not saying that's what you're suggesting at all, but it's a classic example of tacky crowdfunding and I agree with some pp's that any solicitation of money is an active act regardless of the reason.

Oh i agree! I totally think that is crap and I absolutely hate that that is something people do. I guess the difference is that she would be using coercion to get a few bucks. Which i think i mentioned I am completely against. That is a scam and that is imho the biggest problem with gofundme.

This scenerio is a little different though, because it would be a person posting saying, "I am working toward getting this snake". There isn't coercion or deceit, there is just a honest goal set out with the option to donate.

I completely understand people being wary about things like that but i dont think an ad saying i am trying to get a snake really ads to that per say.

I am a little against whether it is active because i think if you make it it is active, but that turns to passive if you dont really promote it. That actually might be the confusion in the first place. In my head i was thinking id put like a donate button on my website or something and not really promote it at all, just have it be there. I think a lot of people imagined me pasting over social media ever two days for a few weeks. Thank you for the insight.