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Closing the loop on Jonathan's Card

October 04 2011

Filed under: Jonathans-Card  

I thought I'd close the loop on the Jonathan's card social experiment with a few updates:

What happened to the card?

I sold the card on CardPool for $527.27. I donated that, plus $97.73 to the Save The Children Global Action fund.

Press

There has been quite a bit of press on the incident. Here are a few articles (mostly opinion pieces):

Are charity balls and themed fundraisers necessary for charity? (Miami Herald)

Skimming Jonathan’s Card For Fun And Philanthrophy (TechCrunch)

'Jonathan's Card' project hacked -- for good? (CNN)

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