Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey testifies during a House Committee on Energy and ... [+] Commerce hearing about Twitter's transparency and accountability, on Capitol Hill, September 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
With the U.S. economy increasing ill from the coronavirus, Twitter users are using the platform to ask for handouts. Thereve been far fewer public offers of helpuntil this afternoon. <\/p>\n
Now Jack Dorsey, Twitters billionaire CEO and cofounder, is raising his hand to help out, sending out a tweet that quickly racked up 15,000 replies and 6,800 likes. <\/p>\n
Attentive Forbes.com readers have heard about the flip side of this situation. I wrote a story about the people being driven onto Twitter to plea for financial help earlier this week. Were in a precarious situation. Opportunities arent available anymore, Mackenzie Claude, an out-of-work Las Vegas performer, told me. Everything is being put on pause.<\/p>\n
People like Claude are posting their Venmo, Paypal and CashApp accounts. Dorsey, unsurprisingly, is offering to provide assistance via CashApp. CashApp is a payments app owned by Squarethe other company that Dorsey runs. <\/p>\n
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