Not sure why it took the AP Writer so long to pick up on this but it seems more sites are picking up on the art of asking for money. Heck we even have a donation link on our page not that I expect it to ever produce anything. Some have had shameless pleas that have actually earned them some money.
It reminds me of when we asked for donations for our dial-up BBS. I think over the span of 10 years I may have collected a $100.00 dollars in donations. When we forced people to pay for the access I actually was able to cover expenses. But they still bitched when we made them pay $2.00 a month for premium services and we were the only game in town. We did not have literally a million other sites to compete with. Everyone dreams of winning the lottery or find money along the side of the road. What these cyberbeggers need to do that have accumulated massive credit card debt is get another job and suck it up. [Yahoo]