So it’s absolutely not money that was solicited from donors, or that someone donated thinking it would go to other causes.
I understand your shock and rage if you thought it was money donated for malaria bednets being misused, but that’s definitely not the case. The negative/​adversarial language definitely did not help clearing this earlier.
I think there was an unfortunate misunderstanding. There was indeed an event in the Bahamas that had already been somewhat criticized, and people assumed you were referring to it.
I don’t know the details, but it was funded by the Bahamas billionaire Sam_Bankman-Fried FTX foundation, https://​​forum.effectivealtruism.org/​​posts/​​sdjcH7KAxgB328RAb/​​ftx-ea-fellowships
So it’s absolutely not money that was solicited from donors, or that someone donated thinking it would go to other causes.
I understand your shock and rage if you thought it was money donated for malaria bednets being misused, but that’s definitely not the case. The negative/​adversarial language definitely did not help clearing this earlier.
Am I reading the situation correctly?