[schiffern]

Their [2] is a direct link to a Youtube comment (note the lc param). The linked comment will be pinned at the top of the comments, but it doesn't matter because the channel already pinned the same comment.

Text of the comment is below:

  @GeerlingEngineering 2 days ago

  *Update* (Feb 14): YouTuber @WilliamCollier visited the tower site on Monday and documented the tower base, fence, building... and details like a missing power meter. Lots of evidence points to a tower site that's been unused for a long time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqIysr3o_vY (warning: language)

  Before you consider donating to the station's GoFundMe, I would recommend waiting to hear the full story. There's more to this story than a tower being suddenly stolen (which is definitely not what happened here), forcing a small community FM station off the airwaves.

[rubyfan]

I make it a policy to never donate to a situation I hear about on the internet, especially if there’s a gofundme. Maybe that’s an overreaction it just seems like a good heuristic for ‘this is likely a scam’

[geerlingguy]

Experience bears that out like 99% of the time. My only exception is when I know and trust the person setting up the fundraiser... even then...

[gosub100]

I think the risk of ill-gotten gains is offset by the stupidity of people willing to donate to them. I dont really have +/- feelings about either party in that situation.

What I find funny is how gofundme (I hate that name, it sounds so entitled) is 3/4 of the way to re-discovering this thing called insurance. All they need is to somehow promote/emphasize people who donated previously should they ever find themselves in need. i.e. if you donated 5x during the year to car accident victims, at a cost of $x00, should you get in a car wreck, you should be able to use evidence of your donations to get a spotlight on the site. Voila, tech bro comes full-circle and "disrupts" insurance pools (by exploiting a loophole around all those pesky state regulations, lets make "insurance commissioners" the new cab driver )

[greggsy]

I highly doubt the owners didn’t notice a power meter being removed. The theft angle is a bit hard to believe.