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by birken 4238 days ago
Also there are many other variables that could affect this analysis that aren't explored or mentioned. Just two I can think of off the top of my head:

- Users logged into stripe probably buy more stuff online. Maybe they donate more money because they have more money.

- The fact that a ton of repeat donations came in the last week might have been due to email campaigns or some other external thing. It isn't necessarily a fundamental principle of fundraising drives (though it certainly could be). Same thing could explain mobile usage driving up (SMS campaign or something).

Overall I think it is cool that data is being shared like this, and it is interesting. But at the same time, the post shouldn't be speaking about data in such absolutes... no confidence intervals, few caveats mentioned or explored, conclusions are made with bolded certainty.