Web-of-trust a-go-go

[usernamenumber]

The Internet can be a bad place to trust strangers, especially strangers asking for money, but I'm going to engage in an experiment: I trust bkdelong and he knows doctoraicha from the SCA and trusts her that this is legit, and if it is I figure it qualifies as a good cause.


The short version is that a friend of doctoraicha's dad is dying, which is bad enough but on top of that the family is destitute and will not be able to afford even the cheapest cremation, which has been quoted to them as around $1200. On behalf of her friend, she's raising money via paypal.

If you're broke or feel sketchy about this, but have advice on dealing with such things (at least one person has already linked to a strategy for supposedly cutting down on the cost), I hope that would be appreciated as well.

Comments

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

Wow...thanks.

It's funny. I argue so much for the ability to SET trust levels with your friends and contacts on social networks so in addition to seeing who you share interests in common, you can see how much your friend trusts them.

(FYI, LJ doesn't like your markup...)

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Fixed. Thanks.

[dfn-doe.livejournal.com]

"(FYI, LJ doesn't like your markup...)"

I read "markup" as "make up" and your entire response was made much more hilarious.

[usernamenumber.livejournal.com]

Pfft. As if. My make-up is always perfect, thankyouverymuch!

[dfn-doe.livejournal.com]

hehe, I didn't mean make up as in, "the stuff you use to paint on your face," but rather make up as in, "the stuff you are made of..." It sort of made sense in the context of the social network web of trust vibe that the parent comment had.