@bathwin@MrBoffly I think you finally succeeded where thousands of adverts, hundreds of racists and dozens of other trolls have failed. I think you finally drove me away from Twitter.
@bathwin@MrBoffly I think your mistake here is to accuse her of fraud when it may be ignorance & panic. Neither are crimes when you’re being told your housing is coming to an end through no fault of your own.
@bathwin@MrBoffly That ‘someone’ that I’d been communicating with for nine years, who I and others had encouraged to start one. I wouldn’t demand to see somone’s diagnosis of cancer before I gave. I only give what I can afford. No loss, in the end.
There is a woman leaning out of her window (whilst her kids are screaming), flirting with a guy on the street below who is operating the leaf blower. None of this looks as romantic as it probably doesn’t even sound.
@bathwin@MrBoffly I know someone who had cancer, they did a go fund me. Would you have asked to see a DS1500 before you contributed? Because I can tell you, they produced no paperwork to prove it, people accepted it. They did have cancer. They raised over £30k.
@bathwin@MrBoffly Maybe have today off work. At work you have laws, guidlines & procedures to follow. Proof of identity, address & benefits required. This is the internet. Different.
@bathwin@MrBoffly People are free To donate to who they like for what puropses they like, no?
Many people encouraged her to start the crowdfunder way before.
Someone once said they’d give me £10 if I started one because I wanted a motorbike. Hardly a real need but people offer.
@bathwin@MrBoffly No offence mate but when I think of council housing departments, the words speedy, efficient or helpful, don’t spring to mind. I speak from being on the other side of your counter. In every instance, £3k eliminates me having to deal with people like them.
@bathwin@MrBoffly It would be the first one she’s tried in over 9 years of following her. Also, you say you work in this field, you know what you’re on about, most people don’t work in this field, they’d panic, they’d get the words wrong, be clueless of the processes & requirements.
@bathwin@MrBoffly I don’t really care. I’ve followed her for years, I like her, she was in a difficult position, I was lucky enough to be in a position to help. The end.
@bathwin@MrBoffly Look, you want to pick over the terminology, I suggest that most people who donated have followed Jackie for some time & never found her dishonest. If she used the wrong word, I suspect most people won’t care. The intent wasn’t to defraud but to take care of her housing issue.