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GoFundMe becomes a repository of harrowing stories and relief as wildfires burn

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67% Informative

A barrage of GoFundMe campaigns for wildfire victims have become an outlet for onlookers transfixed by the blazes and eager to do something to help.

The appeals for help are personalizing a tragedy too big to comprehend.

"I feel connected in a strange way to all these people that I don’t know," one woman says.

John Dent created a GoFundMe page for his cousin’s family, who lost their home in Altadena , California .

His relatives had initially rebuffed the idea of the fundraiser but were left in tears by the response of more than $22,000 so far.

“These are often people that have no clue who they are.”.

VR Score

72

Informative language

71

Neutral language

76

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

42

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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