<story><title>YouTube&apos;s Fake Animal Rescue Ring [video]</title><url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqPXcv-IE0k</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mothsonasloth</author><text>This is absolutely shocking.&lt;p&gt;On one side, we have an extremely manipulative individual&amp;#x2F;group of people.&lt;p&gt;On the other we have gullible users, some of which are enabling this abuse by donating money and or sharing this content to other people.&lt;p&gt;Then in the middle of this sandwich we have the platforms, taking their cut.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve seen other cases like this but on facebook with conjured sob stories that led to justgiving pages.&lt;p&gt;Not sure what the solution is apart from relying on good samaritans and people looking out for this bad behaviour.&lt;p&gt;However I can&amp;#x27;t remember who said it, but someone said &amp;quot;good people don&amp;#x27;t scale well on the internet&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>A4ET8a8uTh0</author><text>I can&amp;#x27;t help but agree. I used to somewhat immune to that kind of pandering until I got a dog myself and now I simply cannot watch some of the ads&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;videos that deal with various animal rescues.&lt;p&gt;I absolutely get how some people&amp;#x27;s first reaction is to take the easy way and reach for a wallet. After all, the need is there and there seem to be people who seem to be helping. It does help that I don&amp;#x27;t have that much money to spare so when I donate, it is usually time and not money.&lt;p&gt;Frankly, I was trying to convince wife to create a dog sanctuary for a while.&lt;p&gt;Still, while there is special place in hell for some of animal abusers, the middlemen and scammers have their own little ring in there too.</text></comment>
<story><title>YouTube&apos;s Fake Animal Rescue Ring [video]</title><url>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqPXcv-IE0k</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mothsonasloth</author><text>This is absolutely shocking.&lt;p&gt;On one side, we have an extremely manipulative individual&amp;#x2F;group of people.&lt;p&gt;On the other we have gullible users, some of which are enabling this abuse by donating money and or sharing this content to other people.&lt;p&gt;Then in the middle of this sandwich we have the platforms, taking their cut.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve seen other cases like this but on facebook with conjured sob stories that led to justgiving pages.&lt;p&gt;Not sure what the solution is apart from relying on good samaritans and people looking out for this bad behaviour.&lt;p&gt;However I can&amp;#x27;t remember who said it, but someone said &amp;quot;good people don&amp;#x27;t scale well on the internet&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Tade0</author><text>The youth that I interact with has grown to be automatically sceptical of such things.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a generation growing up that doesn&amp;#x27;t take anything at face value. I wonder what the second order effects of this will be?</text></comment>