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Magic Oddball [atwebpages.com] writes:

Note: I'm not mentioning what I'm trying to fund, as I don't want this to look like a thinly-disguised play on people's emotions for money. I'll just say it's nothing unethical, immoral, or controversial, and put a link in my sig once I've set something up.

I need any tips or suggestions on personal crowdfunding sites that fellow Soylentils have — recommendations, warnings, which have unusual practices or options, personal experiences you've heard, anything you feel is relevant. I've had one site recommended to me (GoFundMe) by non-technical family, though my experience is that by the time a site/service is popular with the non-technical crowd, there's usually much better options available that they're unaware of!

Normally I research everything myself, but my initial searches have been so packed with irrelevant & spammy sites/articles that finding the gems while sleep-deprived & stressed-out isn't going well. More importantly, this is an extremely urgent situation, so every moment I spend searching is time I'm not filling out charity aid forms, tracking down more to apply for, handling the situation itself, and so forth.

Thanks in advance for any info people can drum up!

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