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Well, let's see. They're soliciting for _donations_ to a business that hasn't asked for it and possibly doesn't need it. I doubt JWZ needs it. If you want to throw money at something, how about a legitimate charity. Maybe this would be welcome if it where opt-in, but c'mon. What's the point of trying to ram a GoFundMe down everyone's throat?

I mean, imagine of Facebook tried this and started spamming your friends asking for donations to help you. I can't believe that even in Silicon Valley anyone can be this tone deaf.

[bmn__]

> I doubt JWZ needs it.

Dude's broke AF. https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2016/12/19.html

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"In the 17 years since I signed the lease on DNA Lounge, I've spent about five million dollars on it. ... DNA has never turned a profit. ... Well, here's the thing: I've run out of money."

There were also two failed pizza restaurants involved. One reason, when someone got some money from a startup and asked HN what to do, one of my comments was "Don't buy a restaurant."

Now we have Yelp mooching off a very marginal industry. That's pathetic.

One of the big breakthroughs of the tech boom has been developing new ways to squeeze money out of poor people. Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Grubhub... What "tech"? - they're job shops.

[Ghjklov]

Lol I didn't think he would setup that HN-redirect-to-ballsack for his bar's website too

[Operyl]

Hahahhahaha I loved that redirect when the referrer is HN. For the confused: copy the link and manually navigate to it in a new tab.