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The Groups Where Thousands of Facebook Users Ask for Money

The Groups Where Thousands of Facebook Users Ask for Money

Peer-to-peer aid groups have become a lifeline for those who can’t cover small expenses.

Taylor Lorenz
Jun 10, 2019
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I wrote about how more and more Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and can’t pay small expenses, so they’re turning to Facebook peer-to-peer aid groups to quite literally beg for money.

The groups have names like “give me your money,” “PayPal Prayers and Blessings,” “App Blessings,” “Give Me Some $$$ (strangers helping strangers and paying it for…

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