[throwaway_jobs]

> Am I the only one who thinks that the author is showing off here.

It is a little unusual to criticize someone who donated to the needy, just to say the donor was showing off and to point out what they could have donated instead to make a much bigger impact.

Let’s say you donated 100 Thinkpads (you should), but then you were criticized for showing off when you could have donated 5,000 meals to children who lost access to free school breakfast/lunches due to covid school closures. It’s a real issue, but you should pick and choose your battles (probably just like I should).

[Fatalist_ma]

> you should pick and choose your battles

Well it's the same battle - it's about giving the kids access to information and an opportunity to learn coding. You can't compare that to free meals(which is of course important, but as you said it's a different battle).

[johnchristopher]

This is a cultural clash. In some culture it's a no no to tell you donate or how much you donate.

[wffurr]

There's an entire field of study for this called "effective altruism" and well worth anyone's time who wants to donate any amount of money.