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CAPTCHAs are over (in ticketing)

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204 points pabs3 | 3 comments | 25 May 25 00:37 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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akrymski ◴[25 May 25 22:18 UTC] No.44091727[source]▶
Could someone explain why tickets aren't sold via an auction mechanism? Surely that's the only fair way to distribute anything of limited supply
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cptroot ◴[25 May 25 22:26 UTC] No.44091789[source]▶
The answer is mentioned in the article. Not all concerts want only people with means to attend. The venue might want to be accessible to low-income members of the community, or it might be a benefit concert, with free tickets and a donation drive.
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akrymski ◴[25 May 25 23:15 UTC] No.44092189[source]▶
What's wrong with giving out some free tickets to low income members of the community?
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1. mixmastamyk ◴[26 May 25 20:18 UTC] No.44101276[source]▶
Nothing in theory, but ticket sellers probably don’t want to get into the means-testing business.
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2. akrymski ◴[27 May 25 13:47 UTC] No.44106977[source]▶
You can't hand out money (which you're doing if you're giving away something of market value for nothing) without taking on the responsibility of deciding who gets it. Even charities have to put in the work.
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3. mixmastamyk ◴[27 May 25 20:57 UTC] No.44110620[source]▶
You can if you just DGAF, like TM. Reminded of this sketch:

https://snltranscripts.jt.org/76/76aphonecompany.phtml