Internet Donations

Is that donation for charity or helping the third children type of thing, or donation to keep the website running? I can't really donate money if I couldn't know the reason for what, and why. So, what is the reason for donation then?

Asking for donations on most websites will get your posts deleted and, if it's done repeatedly, will probably result in an account ban. If you check into the Terms of Use or Terms of Service (TOS) agreements, or even the posting guidelines, sites will stipulate that it is a violation to solicit funds for a cause -- and this can be ANY cause, no matter how much it tugs at the heartstrings or no matter how much the poster believes in its worth. I've seen sites where the owner is offering free software, for example, and has a donation area for people to help support the product and the running of the site. These are fine because the owner controls his or her own site and can pretty much ask for whatever they want (whether they receive it or not is, of course, another thing all together)... but being a participant on someone's site or within someone's forum and asking for money from other members (or any other consideration from which the "asker" would personally benefit) is pretty much an across the board no no.

Well, I'm sure they have a reason for asking for donations. If not, well, I probably wouldn't donate. ^_^ I believe that it's legal to ask without a reason, though it is morally wrong. It's up to you though.