Hacker News Reader

Good for her. Though I wonder, how many would still give, if donations were anonymous, so others would never know who is it that's giving?

The moment you hear about the specific persons/organizations making the donations, you cannot help but realize there are also other considerations at play (like publicity), besides the desire to help others.

View on HN

Great! If we live in a society that sees this kind of giving as a good thing, and thereby encourage more giving, that seems like net positive for everyone involved!

It doesn't change anything to the people receiving the donations if it's done by true altruism or for publicity, either way the organisations/people get help.

I'd much rather live in a world where all billionaires are acting like MacKenzie Scott and disbursing their unfathomable riches billions at a time (even if there's no true altruism behind it) rather than the current accumulation of obscene amounts of money they do. Of course, in my ideal world would probably not allow the accumulation of billions to exist in the first place.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com