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I dislike the donation button for a totally different reason.

As soon as I see "buy me a coffee" I get the sense that there is some kind of community, fandom, or other groupthink or ulterior motive potentially tainting the honesty of what I'm reading.

It may not be a conscious bias that the blogger has, but it makes me curious. If their blog is too similar to the other people they associate with, their credibility drops a bit. If I dig enough and find their little cult, I'm out. If I wanted to read that shit I can just go to reddit.