r/Assistance • u/YesImDifferent • Oct 26 '24

META Serious question!

UPDATE: I have legit received 19 message requests asking me for money. OMG. Did not sign up for this 🙈

Recently joined this group, in a place where I can help others so would like to help when I can.

How do I know if a request has been for filled?

Like someone asking for $100 obviously doesn’t need 6 people giving them the $100.

Please advise.

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u/YesImDifferent Oct 26 '24

Thanks 🙏

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u/Flinkle Oct 26 '24

This is why, if a post is marked as fulfilled and they have an Amazon wish list (which is common), you should check and see if they've gotten everything that they need, because even if they've only gotten a few things on the list, it will still be marked as fulfilled.

I find that a little frustrating and wish there was a "partially fulfilled" tag in these cases.

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u/uppercasemad Canadian Mod 🇨🇦 Oct 26 '24

As per our rules, any amount of assistance means a request is fulfilled.

With over 320,000 members in our subreddit, we would rather more people get helped a little than only a few people get helped a lot.

It also stops people from reposting every 72 hours until they get fully fulfilled.

Having a third flair for “partially fulfilled” would require mods to regularly check every. single. request post to update it every single day until every single item is purchased. Sorry, but we are unpaid volunteers and I would like to enjoy my life outside of Reddit.

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u/YesImDifferent Oct 26 '24

Fair, makes sense.