I'm sorry, you're under the impression people who think of helping this man are under obligation to do so.
Anything that makes more successful donations less likely is bad. Asking for invasive personal information without justifying it in such a way that people are comfortable giving it is BAD.
The fact the guy you're responding to points out something on a site with enough gravitas that is an impediment to the process isn't douchey, it's being helpful. He may be literally saving lives by getting people to improve the process to get more matches.
I'm sure getting everyone to walk to a hospital and pay their own way to take a sample would be a much more convenient way for the marrow matching service to work, however, I be far fewer people would do it.
Same principle with forms that ask for scary data. Not doing so, and doing things in user friendly ways may get one or two more people the marrow they desperately need.
Anything that makes more successful donations less likely is bad. Asking for invasive personal information without justifying it in such a way that people are comfortable giving it is BAD.
The fact the guy you're responding to points out something on a site with enough gravitas that is an impediment to the process isn't douchey, it's being helpful. He may be literally saving lives by getting people to improve the process to get more matches.
I'm sure getting everyone to walk to a hospital and pay their own way to take a sample would be a much more convenient way for the marrow matching service to work, however, I be far fewer people would do it.
Same principle with forms that ask for scary data. Not doing so, and doing things in user friendly ways may get one or two more people the marrow they desperately need.