When I first got onto the site that shall not be named, while poking around in it I found that community fairly fast. I never participated due to the fact that I never needed it, but I also didn’t really have the extra cash to send a pizza to anyone as well. But I always thought it was such a genuine gesture of people on the internet, to just send a shitty domino’s pizza to someone who possibly was struggling and make their day/dinner a little better through a bit of generosity.

Does anyone else have a similar niche community that actually had an impact on peoples lives in a fairly positive way?

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    I remember. I never participated. But I remember. Does it not exist anymore?

    There’s also r/millionairemakers. Same community spirit of giving, with a chance of winning.

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      I haven’t even opened that site since I came on lemmy barring some Hearthstone quest trading, so I really don’t know if it exists any more and in whatever capacity if it does.

      Totally forgot about millionairemakers tho, I did see that one as a bit more active through the years and found the concept pretty awesome.

      I like the idea of food over money, though. It’s kind of my same approach when helping the homeless. I’m sure it was a moderated space to make sure the cash got to the person it was intended for but there is much more room for malicious intent with a wad of cash than sending a pizza to someone.

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        millionaire makers is a nice concept, the only problem is I think very few people actually pay into it. The winners every month don’t actually get much money.

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      Nah, you got the vibe right. Awesome to know there’s a whole website dedicated to this, and lasagna…

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    I remember vaguely; doesn’t the recipient have to give out their address to someone who’s going to “send them a pizza” though for it to work or is there a way to “sponsor a pizza” through chains so some rando on the web doesn’t have an address and username?

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        I mean whats the worst that could happen when you post your address online, random shit in the mail? No one posting for a free pizza is gonna have anything worth coming to steal usually.

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      I believe it started that way but they largely moved to giftcards for both privacy and logistics reasons.

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    Haven’t encountered such a community, but it seems like the concept could be enlarged to include daily acts of other things: hamburgers, beer, dog treats, etc.