Please clarify. Is the “donation” to help an outside cause or to support the artist/writer etc?
Is the artist/writer a non-profit?
Where does the money go?
Ah, thanks for the clarify request. I mean when the person says something like “here is a way you can donate to support my work” or “if you liked this article, consider donating HERE”
I don’t mind it for charities, but donating to support an individual, especially an individual who has things for sale, bugs me. If I wanted to support that person enough, wouldn’t I just buy something?
A lot of artists and writers don’t sell work per say, they may only take donations; in that case it makes sense to have a link incase someone feels inclined to help. If they are selling things, as @likerader said, that would certainly be different.
I would like to donate but I wouldn’t because you never know if these websites or links are legit or what that person might use your money for because they could say that they need the money to use it for their career but they could use it for something else instead.