Product design question

Design a Facebook product for charitable giving.

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What this question tests

Tests product design in a trust-sensitive category where fraud prevention matters as much as growth.

Pick a user: someone donating in response to a friend's post or a crisis event, not a proactive browser.
Identify the pain: uncertainty about where money goes and friction in giving in the moment.
Decide the core mechanic: an in-feed donate button tied to vetted nonprofit fundraisers, like existing birthday fundraisers.
Prioritize trust features, verified nonprofit status and fee transparency, over growth features like leaderboards.
Design the flow: one-tap donate from a friend's fundraiser post, with a receipt and impact update after.
Define success as completed donation rate per fundraiser view and repeat-donor rate, not fundraisers created.

Anchors on Meta's real existing mechanic and finds the actual gap instead of inventing from scratch.
Leads with trust and verification, since fraud is the biggest risk in charitable giving.
Picks a success metric tied to real impact, completed donation rate, not vanity shares.

Ignoring fraud and verification risk entirely.
Designing a feature that duplicates existing Meta fundraiser tools without a real gap.

How would you vet nonprofits to prevent fraud?
How would you handle a viral crisis event spike in donations?
What would you do if a fundraiser turned out to be fraudulent after donations came in?