*** Help a DUer *** Sunday, 8/4/13

[OneGrassRoot]

19. I'm not quite sure how to handle this, to be honest...

because this is a first and has the potential to set a precedent.

If when I post these OPs -- which take a lot of time on my part, with a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff to get it ready and keep it going -- people are going to start publicly posting their reasons for disliking any of the people listed, that is a problem.

I'm not doing a background check on DUers. I don't really care what their particular ideology or interests are here on DU.

The only thing I care about is whether or not someone may be a scammer, so I do my due diligence to ensure that's not the case.

Otherwise, the only thing I care about is trying to find help for people who find their way to Wishadoo because they feel they have nowhere else to turn. The DU Community as a whole agreed a few years ago that they want to know when others here can use our help, so I create these OPs accordingly.

The Wishlist links are posted and each DUer reading can discern whether or not they want to help. They can ask questions of the people all they want before offering anything. These interactions are direct, one-on-one. That's the whole point with Wishadoo, to get rid of the middleman.

I will not be that middleman, judging others' worthiness.

And to judge someone's worthiness publicly within these "Help a DUer" threads -- based on the their views as shared here on DU -- feels very, very, very wrong.

What if someone in need has conflicted with others in the myriad "woo/skeptic" threads? "Beware, so-and-so is a skeptic, so be careful who you give your money to" or "Beware, so-and-so is a woo, so be careful who you give your money to."

There are so many similar clashes here at DU where such divisiveness could be injected within these Help a DUer OPs.

I may go ahead and alert on your post so that others may chime in, or post in ATA.