12 May, 2017

How to give away $5,000 on the Internet – Nadia Eghbal – Medium

How to give away $5,000 on the Internet – Nadia Eghbal – Medium:

I was impressed by the multitude of backgrounds among applicants. Gender was evenly balanced. Applicants were as young as 13 and as old as their late 60s. Every continent besides Antartica was well-represented, with countries ranging from Colombia to Nigeria to Mongolia. And a lot of people identified as immigrants or first-generation children.
I did not receive a single scammy, spammy, joke-y, troll-y type email. Instead, my inbox was filled with an incredible level of sincerity and vulnerability from my fellow humans.
The internet, even in its humor, is often masked in sarcasm and stoicism. This felt…real. Super real.


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