Records · Verification table
Clicks and fields for every Do-page action, 6 November 2026
The working record behind the pages, published as written. Source file source/verify/clicks-2026-11-06.md. All records.
What this is. The design brief promises: "For every action on every Do page, record the number of clicks and fields from the page to completion, and put the lowest-click path first." This file is that record for the five Do pages (content/child-hunger-do.html, trafficking-do.html, cybercrime-do.html, inequality-do.html, ai-do.html): the three numbered steps in <ol class="steps">, and every give, sign-up and report link in the sections below them, plus the settings paths those steps send readers to. The cost tags at the end are proposals only. No page was edited.
Decision this feeds. Whether each step's cost tag gains a click-and-field count, and which path each step lists first. Who decides: Isaac, from this file.
MISMATCH: where the destination no longer matches the page
Read these first. Each is something a reader following the page today would notice.
- ALIMA, child hunger, "If you want to treat malnourished children". The page says: "choose United States, then Recurring donation." The donate page has no country choice. It carries one embedded form in US dollars whose toggle reads One-time | Monthly; "recurring" appears only in the prose beside it. The path today is Monthly → amount ($25 is preset) → Make a donation, then a details step that asks for a phone number (required) and a ticked terms box.
- Restore NYC, trafficking, "Where to give". The link
restorenyc.org/donate/give-monthly/now redirects torestorenyc.org/get-involved/freedom-collective/. Monthly giving there is called "Join the Freedom Collective", and the form pre-ticks "Cover fees": a $50 gift shows as $56.00 / Month unless the reader taps Edit. - usa.gov, inequality step 2 and AI "Ask for one thing". Both pages say "Find your state legislators at usa.gov."
usa.gov/elected-officialshas no lookup for state legislators. Its line "Find the names and current activities of state and territorial legislators" links to congress.gov's list of state legislature websites; the reader then opens their state's own site and uses its finder. That is three clicks before any lookup, and the last step differs by state. Plural's tool, also on the AI page, takes an address directly. - IRS Identity Protection PIN, cybercrime section 4. The page says "Optional, 5 more minutes." The IRS page says: "If you don't already have an account on IRS.gov, you must register to validate your identity to use either method." "Get an IP PIN" leads to IRS sign-in. Five minutes holds only for someone who already has an IRS online account.
- Content Credentials, AI "Telling what's real". The page says to drag a file "into contentcredentials.org/verify". That address now redirects to
verify.contentauthenticity.org, so the address bar shows a different domain from the one the page names. The tool itself works the same way: one button, "Select a file from your device or drag and drop". - Experian, cybercrime section 4 (minor). The link
experian.com/freeze/center.htmlredirects toexperian.com/help/credit-freeze/. The online freeze starts there with "Create a free account", and step one asks for a mobile number and the last four digits of a Social Security number, then says "You'll need your phone to finish the next step." The phone number on our page, 1-888-397-3742, is on Experian's page as written.
Checked and still matching: GiveWell's form (Monthly toggle at the top; a "Donate to" list preset to All Grants Fund, with Top Charities Fund in it); UNICEF USA's carton at $47.00; the Freedom Fund taking one-time gifts only (its form has no monthly control); the hotline web form's own warning ("if the situation is urgent or occurred within the last 24 hours we would encourage you to call, text or chat"); Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC ("two outings a month", "a minimum commitment of at least one year"); Milk with Dignity's own figures ("54 participating farms", "611 violations"); NYC Free Tax Prep recruiting for the 2027 season, with its last listed info session on 3 December 2026; both New York bills still sitting in the Assembly (S00335 "referred to economic development" 6 May 2026; S01477A "referred to judiciary" 2 June 2026); Hand in Hand's agreements download with no sign-up.
Method
When and how. Every walk ran on 2026-11-06 between 10:51 and 11:18 EST, in headless Chrome driven over the DevTools protocol, at desktop width (1280 px), with no saved logins and no cookies carried between walks. The browser sent an ordinary Chrome user-agent string. Each run recorded every page load, the HTTP status of each page, and every form field on each stop, including fields hidden in later steps of the same form, with the label each field shows and whether it is marked required. A screenshot was taken at each stop and read.
What was never done. No form was submitted, no money moved, no account was created, no report was filed, no chat was opened, and no personal data was typed. The only things typed were a dollar amount ($5) into GiveWell's amount box. The walks did press buttons that move a form from one step to the next when that step held only a choice of amount or frequency (GiveWell "Next", IRC and ALIMA "Donate monthly" / "Make a donation", Restore NYC "Continue" and "Card", GiveDirectly "Give $40 monthly", UNICEF "Add this gift to bag", "Checkout" and "Guest checkout", the IRS volunteer form's first two "Next" buttons, the senate.gov state list, the FTC and identity-theft assistants' multiple-choice questions). Every walk stopped at the first step that asks for a name, an email, an identity number or a card. Search boxes (ZIP and address finders) were left empty: the count is the box and its button, and the results page is marked "not run".
How counts are made.
- Clicks start with the click on the link on our page (1) and end with the final Donate, Submit or Pay button, which is counted but was never pressed. Choosing a frequency, an amount, a payment method or an answer is a click. Typing is not a click. A required tick box is a click. Cookie banners are not counted; where one appeared, the notes say so. On a phone, calling a number is one tap.
- Fields are the boxes a reader must type into and the dropdowns they must set, on the shortest path, counting only fields the form marks required (or, where a form marks nothing, every field it shows; the notes say which). Card details count one each: number, expiry, security code, and card ZIP where asked separately. A field already filled in (country preset to United States, amount preset) is not counted.
- Loads are full page navigations, the first included.
- Walked = walked in the browser to the step before money or submission. Partly walked = walked to the first step that asks for personal data; later steps counted from the form's own markup (its fields and required markers), or listed from its step headings where the markup was not loaded. BLOCKED = a bot wall or a sign-in stopped the walk; what was visible is recorded. Written = "counted from the written path, not walked": each arrow in the page's path is one tap, opening the app or site is one tap, and a final switch the page names is one tap.
What would overturn a count. A form that renders differently for a signed-in reader, on a phone, outside the US, or under an A/B test. The IRC's amount buttons changed between two loads of the same address minutes apart ($250 … $10, then $300 … $10), so these forms are being tested on live visitors. Counts for "partly walked" rows beyond the first personal-data step come from markup, not from what a reader saw, and can be off by the fields a form shows only conditionally.
Staleness. Donation and sign-up forms change without notice; treat every count here as "as of 6 November 2026" and re-walk before printing a count on a page. The monthly external link check (tools/links.py --external) does not catch any of the changes above, because every link still answers 200.
Child hunger (/child-hunger/do/)
| # | Action | Start link | Path walked (each click) | Clicks | Fields | Walked or written | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step 1: give monthly to GiveWell | secure.givewell.org | link (load 1) → Monthly → [Donate to: All Grants Fund is preset; Top Charities Fund = open list + pick, +2] → type amount → Next → payment method Credit → card number, expiry month, expiry year, CVV → first name, last name, email → address, ZIP, city, state → Submit | 5 (7 for Top Charities Fund) · 1 load | 12 | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Step one walked. With $5 typed, "Next" did not open step two in headless Chrome; step two counted from the form's markup, all marked required. Bank account path: routing, account, confirm account, account type, the same 4 as the card. Apple Pay and Google Pay radios exist (shorter on a device that has them; not walked). Optional: phone, cover the 3% fee, "How did you first hear". The form's settings carry a $5 minimum. |
| 2 | Step 2: IRC, monthly | rescue.org/make-lasting-impact | link (load 1) → Donate Now (opens the form, Monthly selected, an amount preset) → Donate monthly → first name, last name, email (phone optional) → Continue → Credit card → card number, expiry, CVC → Donate | 6 · 1 load | 6 | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Walked to the name step. Payment step from markup. Amount buttons differed between two loads (A/B test). |
| 3 | Step 2: ALIMA, monthly | alima.ngo/en/take-action/donate/ | link (load 1) → Monthly → [$25 preset; other amounts $250, $130, $55, $35, $10, $5] → Make a donation → first name, last name, email, phone → tick I agree to Terms and Privacy Policy → Continue → Credit card → card number, expiry, CVC → Donate | 7 · 1 load | 7 | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | MISMATCH 1. Cookie banner (Accept All / Reject All). Phone is required here. Payment step from markup. |
| 4 | Step 2: UNICEF USA, $47 carton | market.unicefusa.org/inspired-gifts/nutrition/ | link (load 1) → 150 Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Packets (RUTF) $47.00 (load 2) → Add this gift to bag (load 3) → Checkout (load 4: sign in or guest) → Guest checkout (load 5: Payment Information) → email, first name, last name, name on card, billing first name, last name, address, city, state, ZIP, phone, card number, expiry, security code → Continue → [review page, not seen] → place order | 7 · 5 loads (6 with review) | 14 | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Cookie banner. The checkout also offers an optional added contribution and a promo code. The review step after Continue was not opened. |
| 5 | Step 2: Taimaka | taimaka.org/donate | link (load 1) → Donate via Every (new tab, load 2) → BLOCKED | 2 to reach the checkout | not seen | BLOCKED | 2026-11-06 | every.org answered HTTP 429 with "Vercel Security Checkpoint … Failed to verify your browser". The other button, Donate via PayPal, answered 403 with a PayPal captcha. Taimaka's own page shows only those two buttons, so "No monthly option on its page" still holds for its page; whether Every.org's checkout offers monthly was not seen. |
| 6 | Step 3: call your senators | senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm | link (load 1) → Choose a state dropdown (jumps to the state page, load 2) → both senators listed with their Washington phone numbers → tap a number | 2 · 2 loads | 1 (the state) | Walked (New York chosen) | 2026-11-06 | Both pages show an "Access Denied" box at the top: one menu file was refused to the automated browser. The state list and the phone numbers loaded. |
| 7 | Step 3: find your representative | house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative | link (load 1) → ZIP → Find your rep by ZIP → [result, load 2, not run] → the member's phone or contact link → call | 4 · 2 loads | 1 (+ street address if the ZIP spans districts; not run) | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Search not run. |
| 8 | Step 3: Capitol switchboard | (202) 224-3121 | tap the number, ask for the office | 1 | 0 | Written | 2026-11-06 | A phone call; the operator connects you. |
| 9 | Help now: 211 | dial 211 | tap | 1 | 0 | Written | 2026-11-06 | |
| 10 | Help now and SNAP volunteering: food bank finder | feedingamerica.org/find-your-local-foodbank | link (load 1) → ZIP → Search → [result not run] | 2 · 1 load | 1 | Walked to the search box | 2026-11-06 | "Use my location" and "Search by state" also on the page. The food bank's own volunteer sign-up was not walked (it differs by food bank). |
| 11 | Closer to home: City Harvest | cityharvest.org | link (load 1) → Donate (load 2, single-page form) → amount (a preset button, or type in Enter amount) → [tick "make this a monthly gift", +1] → first name, last name, street, city, state, ZIP, phone, email → card number, expiry, security code, card ZIP → Donate | 3 (4 monthly) · 2 loads | 13 | Walked | 2026-11-06 | The form marks no field required; all shown fields counted (street 2 and the fee and anonymity boxes left out as plainly optional). Country preset. |
Lowest-click path per step. Step 1: GiveWell is the only option (5 clicks, 12 fields). Step 2: the IRC (6 clicks, 6 fields), then ALIMA (7, 7), then UNICEF (7 clicks but 14 fields and 5 loads). Taimaka could not be counted. Step 3: the senate.gov state list (2 taps, 1 field), or the switchboard (1 tap) for a reader who knows their senators' names.
Trafficking (/trafficking/do/)
| # | Action | Start link | Path walked (each click) | Clicks | Fields | Walked or written | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step 1: Sanctuary for Families | sanctuaryforfamilies.org/donate/ | link (redirects to secure2.convio.net, load 1) → [Monthly Gift, +1] → amount button (or type Other) → first name, last name, street, city, state, ZIP, phone, email → card number, expiry, security code, card ZIP → Donate | 3 (4 monthly) · 1 load | 12 | Walked | 2026-11-06 | One-time is preset. The form marks no field required; all shown fields counted except street 2 and the employer-match box. |
| 2 | Step 1: Restore NYC, monthly | restorenyc.org/donate/give-monthly/ | link (redirects to /get-involved/freedom-collective/, load 1) → Join the Freedom Collective → $50 (monthly preset) → Continue → Card → first name, last name, email, postal code, card number, MM/YY, CVV → Pay $56.00 / Month | 6 · 1 load | 7 | Walked to the card step | 2026-11-06 | MISMATCH 2. "Cover fees" is pre-ticked (+$6 on $50); removing it is one more tap (Edit). Phone and street address optional. |
| 3 | Step 1: GEMS | gems-girls.org/donate-now | link (load 1) → Donate Now (gems-girls.networkforgood.com, load 2) → amount button ($35 to $500) → frequency dropdown → first name, last name, street, city, state, ZIP, email → Donate → [card step, not seen] | 4 · 2 loads | 8 + card | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Cookie banner on gems-girls.org. Frequency is a required dropdown. Card fields were not in the page's markup before the button. |
| 4 | Step 1: The Freedom Fund | freedomfund.org/donate/ | link (load 1) → amount ($100, $250, $500 or Other) → [Card preset] → first name, surname, email → Donate → [card details, not seen] | 3 · 1 load | 3 + card | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Cookie banner. One-time only, as the page says. |
| 5 | Step 2: know the number (save it) | the "Add both numbers to your contacts" button on our page | tap the button → the phone opens the contact card → save | 1 on our page, about 2 on the phone | 0 | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | The button is on our live page; the phone's own save screen was not walked. |
| 6 | Step 2: check a recruiter on Contratados | contratados.org | link (load 1) → [English, +1: the site opens in Spanish] → type the employer or recruiter → search | 2 (3 in English) · 1 load | 1 | Walked to the search box | 2026-11-06 | Search not run. |
| 7 | Step 3: ask your grocer about the Fair Food Program | fairfoodprogram.org/buyers/ | link (load 1) → read the participating buyers | 1 · 1 load | 0 | Walked | 2026-11-06 | The ask itself happens in person; the page has no form. |
| 8 | Step 3: give to the Coalition of Immokalee Workers | ciw-online.org | link (load 1) → Donate (secure.everyaction.com, load 2) → Monthly → amount ($10 to $100 a month) → Next → first name, last name, street, postal code, city, state, email → card number, expiry → Donate | 6 · 2 loads | 9 | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Step two from markup (the markup shows card number and expiration; no separate security-code box was in it). |
| 9 | Report: call or text the hotline | 1-888-373-7888 / 233733 | tap to call; or open a text to 233733 and type | 1 | 0 to call; 1 message to text | Written | 2026-11-06 | |
| 10 | Report: hotline chat | humantraffickinghotline.org/en/chat | link (load 1) → the Chat bubble → [not opened] | 2 · 1 load | not seen | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | The bubble was not opened: on a live crisis line, opening it may place a visitor in the queue. The page says "If live chat is unavailable, please call us 24/7." |
| 11 | Report: hotline web form | humantraffickinghotline.org/en/report-trafficking | link (load 1, one long form) → type of trafficking → describe the situation → tick an age group → safety concerns → reported to other agencies? (text) → two required Yes/No/Unknown questions → Submit | 6 · 1 load | 3 typed + 4 choices | Walked | 2026-11-06 | 46 inputs on the page; the rest, including all the reporter's own details, are optional. A reCAPTCHA sits above Submit. |
| 12 | Report: NCMEC CyberTipline | missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline | link (load 1) → Make a CyberTipline Report (report.cybertip.org, load 2) → Report Child Sexual Exploitation (load 3) → step one: 5 required answers (who it happened to; when; one-time or ongoing; online or offline; yes/no/don't know), a required list, and a date and time (marked required) → Next → [later steps, not walked] | 9 to reach step two (4 buttons, 5 answers) · 3 loads | 3 on step one | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Or call 1-800-843-5678 (1 tap). |
| 13 | Report: IC3 (scam losses) | ic3.gov | link (load 1) → File a complaint → Accept (terms) → complaint.ic3.gov (load 2) → step 1 of 7: are you the victim? (Yes/No) + name, phone, email → Next → 6 more steps (complainant, transactions, subjects, description, other, privacy and signature) | 5 to reach step two · 2 loads | 3 on step one; 28 marked required in all | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | The whole form holds 101 inputs; many of the 28 required ones apply only to some answers (business victim, a transaction). The last step is a typed digital signature. |
| 14 | Teen: Take It Down | takeitdown.ncmec.org | link (load 1) → Get Started (new tab, tidsubmit.ncmec.org, load 2) → step 1 of 4: tick the confirmation → Next → [steps 2 to 4, not walked] | 4 to reach step two · 2 loads | 0 on step one | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Not continued: the box confirms the reader's own images were taken under 18, which a test cannot truthfully tick. The page says photos and videos don't leave the device. |
| 15 | Ask for one thing: your representative and senators | house.gov, senate.gov | as child hunger rows 6 and 7 | 2 to 4 | 1 | Walked / partly walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 16 | One more: Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC | bigsnyc.org/volunteer-sign | link (load 1, one long application) → 20 required typed answers (name, date of birth, gender, email, address, city, state, ZIP, phone, phone type, how you heard, applied before?, your motivation, and three references' names and emails) + 1 required choice → Submit | 3 · 1 load | 20 + 1 choice | Walked | 2026-11-06 | 80 inputs on the page in all. |
Lowest-click path per step. Step 1: The Freedom Fund (3 clicks, 3 fields before card details) one-time, or Sanctuary for Families (4, 12) monthly; Restore NYC is 6 clicks and 7 fields. Step 2: saving the number from our own page (1 tap). Step 3: the Fair Food Program page (1 click, then a conversation) before the CIW gift (6 clicks, 9 fields).
Cybercrime (/cybercrime/do/)
| # | Action | Start link | Path walked (each click) | Clicks | Fields | Walked or written | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step 1: iPhone Passwords sync | Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Passwords | Settings → your name → iCloud → Passwords → sync on | 5 | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 2 | Step 1: Google Password Checkup | passwords.google.com | link → (signed out: passwords.google.com/intro, "Sign in") → BLOCKED; written: Go to Password Checkup → Check passwords | 3 + sign-in | 0 + sign-in | BLOCKED (sign-in); the rest written | 2026-11-06 | Signed out, the page shows no "Go to Password Checkup" button, so the written labels could not be confirmed. |
| 3 | Step 1: Bitwarden Free | bitwarden.com/pricing/ | link (load 1) → Get Started Free (another pricing page, bitwarden.com/pricing-all/, load 2) → Create Free Account (bitwarden.com/go/start-free/, load 3) → email (region bitwarden.com preset) → Sign Up → [account steps, not walked] | 4 to Sign Up · 3 loads | 1 + later steps | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Cookie banner. "Get Started Free" leads to a second pricing page, not the sign-up; linking bitwarden.com/go/start-free/ would save a click and a load. |
| 4 | Step 1: Google two-step | myaccount.google.com | link (signed out: lands on google.com/account/about) → BLOCKED; written: Security & sign-in → How you sign in to Google → Turn on 2-Step Verification | 4 + sign-in | phone and code steps, not counted | BLOCKED (sign-in); the rest written | 2026-11-06 | |
| 5 | Step 1: Google passkey | myaccount.google.com/signinoptions/passkeys | link → Google sign-in page → BLOCKED; written: Create a passkey → the device prompt | 2 + sign-in + device prompt | 0 | BLOCKED (sign-in); the rest written | 2026-11-06 | |
| 6 | Step 1: Apple Account two-factor | Settings → [your name] → Sign-In & Security → Two-Factor Authentication | Settings → your name → Sign-In & Security → Two-Factor Authentication | 4 | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | On by default for most accounts, as the page says, so this is usually a check. |
| 7 | Step 1: Microsoft passkey | account.live.com/proofs/manage | link → login.live.com → BLOCKED; written: Add a new way to sign in or verify → Face, Fingerprint, PIN, or Security Key | 3 + sign-in + device prompt | 0 | BLOCKED (sign-in); the rest written | 2026-11-06 | |
| 8 | Step 2: the call-back rule | (none) | hang up; call a number you already have | 0 | 0 | Written | 2026-11-06 | A habit. |
| 9 | Step 3: Verizon number lock | My Verizon app → Me → Edit profile and settings → Security | app → Me → Edit profile and settings → Security → SIM Protection on → Number Lock on | 6 | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 10 | Step 3: AT&T number lock | AT&T app → person icon → Wireless account lock | app → person icon → Wireless account lock → swipe | 4 | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | Prepaid: app → Profile & Settings → Account Info & Preferences → Wireless Account Lock, also 4. |
| 11 | Step 3: T-Mobile protections | T-Life app → Account | app → Account → SIM Protection on → Port Out Protection on → set a PIN | 4 | 1 (the PIN) | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | The page already says T-Mobile's site blocked its check. |
| 12 | Step 3: Equifax freeze | equifax.com/personal/credit-report-services/credit-freeze/ | link (load 1) → Place a security freeze (new tab, my.equifax.com, load 2) → first name, last name, date of birth, SSN or ITIN, mobile number, address, city, state, ZIP → Continue → [account and verification steps, not walked] → place the freeze | 3 to leave step one · 2 loads | 9 on step one | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Address line 2 optional. A reCAPTCHA is on the page. |
| 13 | Step 3: Experian freeze | experian.com/freeze/center.html | link (redirects to /help/credit-freeze/, load 1) → Create a free account (usa.experian.com, load 2) → mobile number, last 4 of SSN → Get started → [phone verification and later steps, not walked] | 3 to leave step one · 2 loads | 2 on step one | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | MISMATCH 6 (redirect). By phone instead: 1-888-397-3742, 1 tap. |
| 14 | Step 3: TransUnion freeze | transunion.com/credit-freeze | link (load 1) → Add Freeze (service.transunion.com, step 1 of 3, load 2) → first name, last name, address, city, ZIP, email, mobile, birth month, day, year, last 4 of SSN → I accept & continue to step 2 → [Secure your account; Verify your identity, not walked] | 3 to leave step one · 2 loads | 11 on step one | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Cookie banner. Middle name optional. |
| 15 | Section 4: IRS Identity Protection PIN | irs.gov/identity-theft-fraud-scams/get-an-identity-protection-pin | link (load 1) → Get an IP PIN → IRS sign-in (load 2) → BLOCKED | 2 + sign-in | not seen | BLOCKED (sign-in) | 2026-11-06 | MISMATCH 4. |
| 16 | Section 5: Have I Been Pwned | haveibeenpwned.com | link (load 1) → email → Check; for alerts: Notify Me (load 2) → email → Notify Me → confirm by email | 2 to check; 3 more for alerts · 2 loads | 1 (2 with alerts) | Walked to the boxes | 2026-11-06 | Nothing was entered. |
| 17 | Section 5: Mozilla Monitor | monitor.mozilla.org | link (load 1) → email → Get free scan, or Sign up for breach alerts → accounts.firefox.com (load 2) → BLOCKED | 2 · 2 loads | 1 + account | BLOCKED | 2026-11-06 | Mozilla's account page answered with a "Client Challenge" (a bot check). |
| 18 | Section 6: iPhone backup | Settings → [your name] → iCloud → iCloud Backup → Back Up This iPhone | as written | 5 | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 19 | Section 6: Android backup | Settings → Google services → All services → Backup | as written | 4 (+1 to switch it on, if off) | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 20 | Section 6: Mac Time Machine | System Settings → General → Time Machine → Add Backup Disk | as written | 4 (+ choose the disk) | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | Needs an external drive. |
| 21 | Section 6: Windows Backup | open Windows Backup → Desktop, Documents, Pictures on | as written | 4 | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 22 | Section 7: iPhone updates | Settings → General → Software Update → Automatic Updates | as written, then switches on | 4 + 1 per switch | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 23 | Section 7: Mac updates | System Settings → General → Software Update → (i) | as written, then switches on | 4 + 1 per switch | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 24 | Section 9: elder fraud hotline | 833-372-8311, or the "Add to contacts" button on our page | tap to call; or the button, then save on the phone | 1 | 0 | Written | 2026-11-06 | |
| 25 | If it happened: IC3 | ic3.gov | as trafficking row 13 | 5 to reach step two | 3 on step one; 28 marked required in all | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 26 | If it happened: forward a scam text to 7726 | (no path on the page) | not counted | — | — | Not counted | 2026-11-06 | The page gives no tap path for forwarding; nothing to count. |
| 27 | If it happened: IdentityTheft.gov | identitytheft.gov | link (load 1) → Report Identity Theft → Yes (someone used my info) → Credit card accounts → Continue → to open a fraudulent credit card account → Continue → Continue → form section 1 of 6, "Theft Details" (load 2): issuing company, month and year opened, month and year discovered → Continue → 5 more sections (your information, suspect, additional information, personal statement, review) | 8 to reach section one · 2 loads | 5 required on section one | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | The answers chosen (a new credit card) set the path; other answers change it. Section one also offers 5 optional fields. |
| 28 | If it happened: ReportFraud.ftc.gov | reportfraud.ftc.gov | link (load 1) → Report Now → An impersonator → Continue → Government authority or agency → Continue → "Report details" (load 2): did you pay? + amount, how you paid, when, how it started, which agency, their first and last name, comments → Continue → [your information, review, not walked] | 6 to reach the details page · 2 loads | up to 8 on the details page | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | The form marks none of the details fields required. |
| 29 | Small organisation: Microsoft 365 security defaults | entra.microsoft.com → Entra ID → Overview → Properties → Manage security defaults → Enabled | as written | 6 (+ sign-in, + Save) | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 30 | Small organisation: Google Workspace 2-step | Admin console → Security → Authentication → 2-step verification | as written, then set enforcement | 4 + enforcement | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 |
Lowest-click path per step. Step 1 on an iPhone: Passwords sync (5 taps) and the two-factor check (4 taps), both written paths. Step 2: no clicks. Step 3: the AT&T lock (4 taps) is the shortest number lock; of the freezes, Experian's step one has the fewest fields (2) but then needs phone verification; Equifax (9 fields) and TransUnion (11) ask more up front. All three freezes continue past what was walked.
Inequality (/inequality/do/)
| # | Action | Start link | Path walked (each click) | Clicks | Fields | Walked or written | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step 1: GiveDirectly, monthly | givedirectly.org | link (load 1) → Donate (donate.givedirectly.org, load 2) → Give monthly → [$60 preset; other amounts $40 to $500, +1] → Give $60 monthly (load 3) → [Card preset] first name, last name, email, card number, expiry, security code, ZIP → Donate $60 monthly | 5 · 3 loads | 7 | Walked to the card step | 2026-11-06 | The home page carries the same widget ("Give $60 monthly"), so skipping "Donate" saves a click and a load: 4 clicks from the home page. "Cover transaction costs" is offered, not ticked. |
| 2 | Step 2: find your state legislators (usa.gov) | usa.gov/elected-officials | link (load 1) → Find the names and current activities of state and territorial legislators (congress.gov/state-legislature-websites, load 2) → your state's legislature site (load 3) → [its own finder, not walked] | 3 + the state's finder · 3 loads | 1 or more (an address, on the state's site) | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | MISMATCH 3. |
| 3 | Step 2: find your Assembly member (New York) | nyassembly.gov/mem/search/ | link (load 1) → type an address → pick from the dropdown → Search Address → [result not run] | 3 · 1 load | 1 | Walked to the search box | 2026-11-06 | This finds the Assembly member only, which matches the ask: both bills are in the Assembly. |
| 4 | Step 2: read the bill | nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=S00335&term=2025, ?bn=S01477 | link (load 1) | 1 | 0 | Walked | 2026-11-06 | Summary shows by default; ticking Actions and Search shows the history (+2). |
| 5 | Step 3: NYC Free Tax Prep | nyc.gov/site/dca/talk-money/become-an-nyc-free-tax-prep-volunteer.page | link (load 1) → online volunteer registration form (load 2, an embedded Microsoft Form) → 4 required short answers on page one (one more optional) → Next → [later pages, not walked] → Submit | 3 + later pages · 2 loads | 4 + later pages | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | Info sessions: Register for workshop online → a Microsoft Teams event page (not walked). The last session listed is 3 December 2026, as the page says. |
| 6 | Step 3: IRS volunteer sign-up | freetaxassistance.for.irs.gov/s/sign-up-form | link (load 1; slow to draw) → Next → choose Become a VITA/TCE Volunteer → Next → "Contact Information": first name, last name, email (best time and phone optional) → Next → [any later step, not walked] → submit | 5 + any later step · 1 load | 3 + any later step | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | The page says: "Start your journey by sending us your basic information, and we will contact you." |
| 7 | Step 3: certify on Link & Learn Taxes | apps.irs.gov/app/vita/ | link (load 1) → VITA/TCE Central (linklearncertification.com, load 2) → [registration, not walked] | 2 + registration · 2 loads | not seen | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | The e-learning page is headed "2025 Link & Learn Taxes e-Learning". |
| 8 | Help now: find legal aid | lsc.gov/about-lsc/what-legal-aid/i-need-legal-help | link (load 1) → address → Search (or Use My Location) → [result not run] | 2 · 1 load | 1 | Walked to the search box | 2026-11-06 | |
| 9 | Help now: find a free tax site | freetaxassistance.for.irs.gov/s/sitelocator | link (load 1) → ZIP, distance → Find → [result not run] | 2 · 1 load | 2 | Walked to the search box | 2026-11-06 | |
| 10 | Help now (NYC): 311 Tenant Helpline | 311 | tap, ask for the Tenant Helpline | 1 | 0 | Written | 2026-11-06 | |
| 11 | Your home: Hand in Hand agreement | domesticemployers.org/resources-and-faqs/templates/ | link (load 1) → New York Nanny Work Agreement (load 2) → Direct Download | 3 · 2 loads | 0 | Walked | 2026-11-06 | The pages also carry an optional sign-up box; the download does not need it. |
| 12 | Tenants: Western Queens CLT | wqclt.org/queens-get-the-land | link (load 1) → Donate (wqclt.betterworld.org) → [not walked] | 2 + form | not seen | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | The page says to volunteer "if you like"; the landing page offers "Get in touch" and a newsletter box, no volunteer form. |
Lowest-click path per step. Step 1: GiveDirectly from its home-page widget (4 clicks, 7 fields). Step 2 in New York: the Assembly finder (3 clicks, 1 field); elsewhere, Plural's address lookup (2 clicks, 1 field; AI row 9) beats usa.gov (3 clicks before the state's own finder). Step 3: NYC's form (3 clicks, 4 fields on page one) or the IRS form (5 clicks, 3 fields to its contact step), both with later pages not walked.
AI and us (/ai/do/)
| # | Action | Start link | Path walked (each click) | Clicks | Fields | Walked or written | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step 1: think first, ask for hints | (none) | a habit | 0 | 0 | Written | 2026-11-06 | |
| 2 | Step 2: find the original before you share | (none) | a habit | 0 | 0 | Written | 2026-11-06 | |
| 3 | Step 3: Instagram, Following feed | Feed dropdown → Following | as written | 2 | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 4 | Step 3: Facebook, Feeds | Feeds tab → Friends or Favorites | as written | 2 | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 5 | Step 3: X, Most recent | arrow next to Following → Sort by → Most recent | as written | 3 | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | The page already says X's help blocked its check. |
| 6 | Step 3: YouTube and TikTok | Subscriptions tab; Following tab | as written | 1 each | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | Clearing YouTube's watch history has no written path. |
| 7 | Settings: Claude | Settings → Privacy → model-training toggle off | as written | 3 (+ sign-in) | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | Typing claude.ai/settings/data-privacy-controls makes it 1 toggle after sign-in. |
| 8 | Settings: ChatGPT | profile icon → Settings → Data controls → Improve the model for everyone → off | as written | 5 (+ sign-in) | 0 | Written: counted from the written path, not walked | 2026-11-06 | |
| 9 | Settings: Gemini | myactivity.google.com/product/gemini | link → "Welcome to My Activity … Sign in" → BLOCKED; written: Keep Activity → Turn off | 3 + sign-in | 0 | BLOCKED (sign-in); the rest written | 2026-11-06 | |
| 10 | Real: Content Credentials | contentcredentials.org/verify | link (redirects to verify.contentauthenticity.org, load 1) → Select a file from your device → pick the file | 3 · 1 load | 0 | Walked to the button | 2026-11-06 | MISMATCH 5. The file picker was not opened. |
| 11 | Ask for one thing: Plural | pluralpolicy.com/find-your-legislator | link (load 1) → address (or Use my current location) → Search → [result not run] | 2 · 1 load | 1 | Walked to the search box | 2026-11-06 | A HubSpot chat widget loads on the page. |
| 12 | Ask for one thing: usa.gov | usa.gov/elected-officials | as inequality row 2 | 3 + the state's finder | 1 or more | Partly walked | 2026-11-06 | MISMATCH 3. |
| 13 | Ask for one thing: house.gov, senate.gov | as child hunger rows 6 and 7 | 2 to 4 | 1 | Walked / partly walked | 2026-11-06 | ||
| 14 | Help now: 988 | call, text or chat 988 | tap | 1 | 0 | Written | 2026-11-06 |
Lowest-click path per step. Steps 1 and 2 cost no clicks. Step 3: YouTube or TikTok (1 tap each), then Instagram and Facebook (2), then X (3). For the legislator lookup, Plural (2 clicks, 1 field).
Proposed cost tags (proposals only; no page edited)
Format follows the pages' own <span class="cost">: time · money · clicks, fields. Counts are to the final button, from the tables above. Where a step offers several routes, the tag gives the lowest-click route and the step's text would list that route first.
| Page | Step or item | Current tag | Proposed tag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child hunger | Step 1, GiveWell | 5 minutes · from $5 a month | 5 minutes · from $5 a month · 5 clicks, 12 fields |
| Child hunger | Step 2, treatment | 5 minutes · any amount | 5 minutes · any amount · 6 clicks, 6 fields (IRC); list IRC first, then ALIMA (7, 7) |
| Child hunger | Step 2 list: ALIMA | (none) | 7 clicks, 7 fields |
| Child hunger | Step 2 list: UNICEF USA $47 | (none) | 7 clicks, 14 fields |
| Child hunger | Step 2 list: Taimaka | (none) | none until counted (checkout blocked automated reads) |
| Child hunger | Step 3, call | 5 minutes · $0 | 5 minutes · $0 · 2 taps, 1 field (your state) |
| Child hunger | City Harvest | (none) | 3 clicks, 13 fields (4 clicks monthly) |
| Trafficking | Step 1, give | 5 minutes · any amount | 5 minutes · any amount · 4 clicks, 12 fields (Sanctuary for Families, monthly) |
| Trafficking | Step 1 list: Restore NYC | (none) | 6 clicks, 7 fields |
| Trafficking | Step 1 list: GEMS | (none) | 4 clicks, 8 fields plus card |
| Trafficking | Step 1 list: The Freedom Fund | (none) | 3 clicks, 3 fields plus card (one-time) |
| Trafficking | Step 2, know the number | 10 minutes · $0 | 10 minutes · $0 · 1 tap to save the number |
| Trafficking | Step 3, enforcement | 10 minutes · $0 or a monthly gift | 10 minutes · $0 or a monthly gift · 6 clicks, 9 fields for the CIW gift |
| Trafficking | Report: web form | (none) | 6 clicks, 3 required boxes |
| Trafficking | Big Brothers Big Sisters | (none) | 3 clicks, 21 required answers |
| Cybercrime | Step 1 | 25 minutes · $0 | 25 minutes · $0 · 9 taps on an iPhone (Passwords sync and the two-factor check) |
| Cybercrime | Step 2 | 2 minutes · $0 | 2 minutes · $0 · no clicks |
| Cybercrime | Step 3 | 20 minutes · $0 for the freeze | 20 minutes · $0 for the freeze · 4 taps for the AT&T lock (6 on Verizon); each bureau's freeze starts with an account: 2 to 11 fields on its first screen |
| Cybercrime | Section 4, IRS IP PIN | Optional, 5 more minutes | Optional · 2 clicks, then IRS sign-in; first-time accounts need identity verification |
| Cybercrime | Section 5, Have I Been Pwned | 3 min (heading) | 3 min · 2 clicks, 1 field |
| Cybercrime | If it happened: ReportFraud | (none) | 6 clicks before the first box |
| Cybercrime | If it happened: IdentityTheft.gov | (none) | 8 clicks before the first box, then 6 sections |
| Cybercrime | If it happened: IC3 | (none) | 7 sections; 28 boxes marked required, some only for some answers |
| Inequality | Step 1, GiveDirectly | 5 minutes · any amount | 5 minutes · any amount · 4 clicks, 7 fields |
| Inequality | Step 2, one bill | 15 minutes · $0 | 15 minutes · $0 · 3 clicks, 1 field to find your member (New York) |
| Inequality | Step 3, tax prep | 8–10 hours of training, then shifts · $0 | 8–10 hours of training, then shifts · $0 · 3 clicks, 4 fields to start the NYC sign-up; 5 clicks, 3 fields for the IRS form's first pages |
| Inequality | Hand in Hand agreement | (none) | 3 clicks, no fields |
| AI | Steps 1 and 2 | A habit · $0 | A habit · $0 · no clicks |
| AI | Step 3, feeds | An afternoon to set up · $0 | An afternoon to set up · $0 · 1 to 3 taps per app |
| AI | Settings: ChatGPT | (none) | 5 taps after sign-in |
| AI | Content Credentials | (none) | 3 clicks, no fields |
| AI | Plural lookup | (none) | 2 clicks, 1 field |
Ordering changes these counts would suggest (proposals): child hunger step 2, list the IRC before ALIMA, and give ALIMA's path as "Monthly → amount → Make a donation"; trafficking step 1, say which listed group is monthly and how many clicks each takes; inequality step 2 and AI "Ask for one thing", put Plural (or the state's own finder) before usa.gov; cybercrime section 1, link Bitwarden's sign-up (bitwarden.com/go/start-free/) rather than its pricing page; inequality step 1, link GiveDirectly's home page widget as the first stop and drop "→ Donate".
Not counted, and why
- Actions with no link or path on the page: the bank's own two-step settings, changing three passwords, the call-back rule, the family safe word, a trusted contact at the bank, writing five sentences to a legislator (the member's own contact form was not walked), asking a state to join Summer EBT, the phone-free school day and the Wait Until 8th pledge (no link on the page).
- Lookups were walked to the search box and not run, so the result pages and anything after them (a member's contact form, a food bank's volunteer page, a legal-aid provider) are not counted.
- No walk was done on a phone. Phone layouts can fold steps together or add them (app-install prompts, Apple Pay sheets).
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