Help Us Buy Yahoo (opens in new tab)

(wepay.com)

33 pointsjeffiel14y ago15 comments

15 comments

spxdcz14y ago

Reminds me of this (which I built a couple of years ago) - http://zombievirusfund.com/

lpolovets14y ago

This is funny, and leveraging the humor to donate to Charity: Water is brilliant. I donated just for that.

dotBen14y ago

Didn't personally find it funny (I respect you and others may, however).

Clearly they're not going to buy Yahoo and it just reeks of shameless publicity stunt to me. Donating to Charity:Water just makes the thing viable - otherwise why would anyone want to actually put money in here.

gotrythis14y ago

Of course it's a shameless publicity stunt and their only goal is to give water to those in need. Good for them for being creative.

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nostromo14y ago

Expect a call from the SEC shortly... ;-)

On a serious note, how much goes to WePay and how much goes to the charity? I didn't see an obvious answer on the website.

billclerico14y ago

We (WePay) charge 3.5% for donations. See https://www.wepay.com/about/fees

nostromo14y ago

Cool thanks for the pointer. Seems legit considering processing costs.

RandallBrown14y ago

While I can't be sure, I doubt WePay is going to take their typical fee on this, since they're the ones raising the money.

pbreit14y ago

From the page: "Disclaimer: this is not affiliated with WePay."

joshu14y ago

How much to be CEO?

naner14y ago

Who is "we"?

molesy14y ago

"We" looks like a bunch of Twilio people.

Jeff, it might speed things up to bring on Joe Stump as the next Y! CEO - he's applied in the past so they're already familiar with his style (http://stu.mp/2011/06/dear-yahoo-hire-me-as-your-next-ceo.ht...) He also looks a lot like this Sean McQuillan fellow. An awful lot alike. Weird...

Anyways I'll take 15% of his first year's salary to make the intro, and I'll donate half to Charity: Water. Deal?

wavephorm14y ago

This is disingenuous.

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15 comments

spxdcz14y ago

Reminds me of this (which I built a couple of years ago) - http://zombievirusfund.com/

lpolovets14y ago

This is funny, and leveraging the humor to donate to Charity: Water is brilliant. I donated just for that.

dotBen14y ago

Didn't personally find it funny (I respect you and others may, however).

gotrythis14y ago

Of course it's a shameless publicity stunt and their only goal is to give water to those in need. Good for them for being creative.

1 more reply

nostromo14y ago

Expect a call from the SEC shortly... ;-)

On a serious note, how much goes to WePay and how much goes to the charity? I didn't see an obvious answer on the website.

billclerico14y ago

We (WePay) charge 3.5% for donations. See https://www.wepay.com/about/fees

nostromo14y ago

Cool thanks for the pointer. Seems legit considering processing costs.

RandallBrown14y ago

While I can't be sure, I doubt WePay is going to take their typical fee on this, since they're the ones raising the money.

pbreit14y ago

From the page: "Disclaimer: this is not affiliated with WePay."

joshu14y ago

How much to be CEO?

naner14y ago

Who is "we"?

molesy14y ago

"We" looks like a bunch of Twilio people.

Anyways I'll take 15% of his first year's salary to make the intro, and I'll donate half to Charity: Water. Deal?

wavephorm14y ago

This is disingenuous.

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