PuddingFeeling [she/her]@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoEcosia plants 200 million treesblog.ecosia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down111
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minus-square_edge@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·7 months agoDoes not sound like a scam. The build a website, with ads, and donate the revenue.
minus-squarenudny ekscentryk@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down10·7 months agoIt is a scam if you make claims that “every search plants a tree”
minus-squareLemonLord@endlesstalk.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·7 months agoBut this they don’t say on their website. You have to search a lot of more for a tree.
minus-squarenudny ekscentryk@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoThey 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
minus-squareLemonLord@endlesstalk.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agohttps://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/351-sync-your-counter-across-devices
minus-squareCuttlefish1111@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·7 months agoHow many trees have you planted?
minus-squarenudny ekscentryk@szmer.infolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoIf fruit trees count then around 50, why?
minus-squaregaifux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoWhy would fruit trees ever be excluded from one’s aggregate tree count?
Does not sound like a scam.
The build a website, with ads, and donate the revenue.
It is a scam if you make claims that “every search plants a tree”
But this they don’t say on their website. You have to search a lot of more for a tree.
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
https://ecosia.helpscoutdocs.com/article/351-sync-your-counter-across-devices
How many trees have you planted?
If fruit trees count then around 50, why?
Why would fruit trees ever be excluded from one’s aggregate tree count?