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   photomatt@mastodon.social's status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 05:07:12 JST photomatt

   Charitable Contributions

   I knew going to war with Silver Lake, a $102B private equity firm, they would pull out every dirty trick to try to smear my name, do oppo research, imply I'm a mafia boss trying to extort them, etc. I have kept my personal philanthropy private until now. I would like to offer up one piece of evidence for the public to consider, which is the IRS accounting of my 501c3 charitable donations.

   https://ma.tt/2024/09/charitable-contributions/

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     Matej 🐙 (matej_svancer@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 05:31:49 JST Matej 🐙

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     @photomatt Wow! Thats amazing, thank you

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     chris overcash (covercash@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 05:54:50 JST chris overcash

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     @photomatt monetary contributions to charitable causes are not a measure of a person’s moral and ethical values. Some of the worst people in the world make large donations because it benefits them in various ways, not because they’re good people.

     Also, while the numbers you posted seem large, they really depend on what your net worth is… if a billionaire posted those numbers, the donations would be insultingly tiny.

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 07:12:43 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     @photomatt I appreciate you being charitable, but what folks are upset about is the method used to attack #WPEngine (https://wpengine.com) & not the intent of the message (turning revisions off is awful).

     Posting on @WordPress blog was bad due to the conflict of interest running @wordpressdotcom (which is technically a competitor).

     It would have been wiser to have another respected individual post that message who is not connected to Automattic.