We were so busy with COVID-19 coverage this week that Vox’s solicitation for donations slipped right past us, but if you haven’t been furloughed during the lockdown and have a couple of bucks to spare — maybe that stimulus check — Vox would certainly appreciate it.

Clear, concise information has never been more important than today. Please consider making a contribution to Vox to help us keep producing free explanatory journalism that helps people navigate the coronavirus crisis. Here’s how to support our work: https://t.co/DSXLBCsPgr — Vox (@voxdotcom) April 8, 2020

All jokes about vital explanatory journalism aside, Quillette founding editor Claire Lehmann wants to know where the $300 million pumped into Vox in 2015 went.

I've got no problem at all with Vox asking for financial contributions from readers–that's what we do at Quillette & have done so for years now. But what on earth did they spend $US300M of investment on? Manhattan real estate? Cocktail and uber bills? Executive salaries?🤷 pic.twitter.com/0CMrwG1vMG — Claire Lehmann (@clairlemon) April 10, 2020

Diversity training. — Konstantin Kisin (@KonstantinKisin) April 10, 2020

Actual lol — Claire Lehmann (@clairlemon) April 10, 2020

$306mm and not a single quality article? — SkepticalInvestor 🙊 (@95hoo) April 10, 2020

I have a tip for you. pic.twitter.com/Q7yZWNbBjA — Nephanor PhD PROvert is [Mombot] (@Nephanor) April 10, 2020

Clear, concise information has never been more important than today. pic.twitter.com/uVixi9j1af — mr gorzz (@mrgrozz) April 10, 2020

Vox, show us the money!

VOX IS OUT ASKING FOR DONATIONS!? BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://t.co/gTLX5Mmjrs — myjah (@SexInTheMoon69) April 10, 2020

"Vox, which made revenues of $185m last year, has raised more than $300m of funding, including a $200m investment from NBCUniversal in 2015 that valued the group at roughly $1bn." YET… they want you to DONATE to them!?https://t.co/WxFyAIZNW9 — myjah (@SexInTheMoon69) April 10, 2020

VOX is NOT fucking NPR. They have offices in the downtown financial district in NYC and in DC that literally cost millions of dollars in rent a year and they have NO REASON to have those offices other than that the workers can tell Mommy and Daddy how successful they are. — myjah (@SexInTheMoon69) April 10, 2020

Possibly for more Manhattan real estate, cocktails, uber bills, and raises for executives? — AJ (@AndrewJayabc) April 10, 2020

Free-trade, fair-trade, locally grown, locally sourced, locally refined social-justice sensitive, racially appropriate, gender neutral role staffed, employee-owner, profit-sharing system outfitted companies employing equal pay, equal rights, equal outcome worker approved. — Wayneco's politics account (@wcpol) April 10, 2020

The electric bill for the pump that inflates Ezras ego — Tyler (@tpage8) April 10, 2020

Big London estate + their video production is honestly quite good. The written articles though are a disaster. — Tim Soret (@timsoret) April 10, 2020

Their video production is quite good but it's not 300m good. — Raph לוי (@RaphLevy_) April 10, 2020

That's almost enough to give one million dollars to every person in the United States! — George Darroch (@georgedarroch) April 10, 2020

Organically grown, non-GMO quinoa — Obaid Omer (@obaidomer) April 10, 2020

They built toilets for each of the genders. They go on for miles & more money is required to finish the job. — Kcrap Ppoast (@KPpoast) April 10, 2020

They were trying to build a bridge in Israel to cover up their first major cockup. Damn those cost overruns. — Kyle Beckley (@Kyle_Beckley) April 10, 2020

avocado toast — JeffHiLoYo (@JeffHiLoYo) April 10, 2020

Organic cocaine — Toby Bensimon (@tobybensimon) April 10, 2020

I’ve always assumed at least half their budget went to bespoke artisanal lessons in chiding tech companies on Twitter. — Blake Commagere (@commagere) April 10, 2020

Lots and lots of shit journalism — Joshua Kessler (@JoshuaKessler1) April 10, 2020

Soy lattes. — Steve Johnson (@SteveJohnsonCAD) April 10, 2020

Ezra’s childcare isn’t cheap — Daniel LJ (@hereforElon) April 10, 2020

Stockpiling ventilators? — Audley's Online Autoprognostificatory Horrorscope (@AudleyStrange) April 10, 2020

Masks, apparently — Refleks83 (@Refleks83) April 10, 2020

Toilet paper and hand sanitizer. — Alejandra García (@AlejaGarxa) April 10, 2020

Wasn’t for benefits for their employees — Ronald Lockley (@lawyeron) April 10, 2020

lawyers — Allen Farrington (@allenf32) April 10, 2020

$295m was spent on rebranding the Vox logo — Vijar 🦁 (@VijarKohli) April 10, 2020

That amazing shade of yellow — Asclepius (@Asclepius____) April 10, 2020

Funding intersectional terrorism — The Curious Ape (@TheCuriousApeYT) April 10, 2020

These NYC Happy Hours are crazy. — Kevin “Never Enough Podcasting” Kautzman 🎧❤️ (@KevinKautzman) April 10, 2020

i actually do have a problem with this. This letter should disclose that the financial contributions being asked of the reader is going to support a corporate asset owned by millionaire investors. — Matt (@MatthewGalanty) April 10, 2020

But by putting contextually accurate and relevant information in something they’ve written would go against everything they stand for. — Kenneth Mayville (@yousoclassyken) April 10, 2020

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