[RobertoG]

"I used to donate regularly to Watsi, but recently I have churned, as they have de-emphasized the p2p aspect over universal healthcare."

It's my understanding that the their "other projects" are not being funded from the same bag that the p2p healthcare. I don't see the problem if they want to expand their activities.

[washappy]

The author makes mention of being able to flick through hundreds of patients to find "the saddest case". (I think this is really only telling of how the author views the world).

This used to be possible, but now there is just a "meet a patient" button, showing a single random patient at a time, which works more like StumbleUpon than Amazon product listings.

Now I need to actually invest way more time to find the "saddest case" (in more polite terms: A case that resonates with me, usually a child with a life threatening disease, but a perfectly viable treatment option). Also, skipping patients was mentally easier for me when they were collections on a page, than when there is a single patient on the page, and skipping to the next may mean you never see the patient again.