Tell everybody to Go Fund Themselves

It’s been described as ‘the safety net’ of the pandemic. But how much do we, or should we, rely on GoFundMe? This week, Adrian hosts a Zoom call with Tim Cadogan, GoFundMe’s recently-appointed chief executive. They talk about how much people are committing to GoFundMe campaigns here, including almost €1m to a ‘Feed The Heroes’ campaign in recent weeks. Irish people remain some of the biggest givers per capital on GoFundMe, Tim says. But Adrian asks Tim what it says about society that so many campaigns relate to things like medical bills or domestic emergencies. Are we letting authorities off the hook? And they look more widely at whether tech companies have been a good or a bad influence during the Covid-19 lockdown.