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Ecosia plants 200 million trees (blog.ecosia.org)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does not sound like a scam.

The build a website, with ads, and donate the revenue.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It is a scam if you make claims that "every search plants a tree"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But this they don't say on their website. You have to search a lot of more for a tree.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

They removed it recently, probably someone called them out on it. And again, searches have nothing to do with funding the tree-planting, it's clicking on ads

[–] Cuttlefish1111 -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How many trees have you planted?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If fruit trees count then around 50, why?

[–] gaifux 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Why would fruit trees ever be excluded from one's aggregate tree count?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Coz they small