Public Donation List or Putting Peer Pressure to Good Use
post by drethelin · 2011-08-28T20:36:07.644Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 7 commentsContents
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The recent top level post encouraging people to donate in support of Luke had a lot of a comments saying that it helped remind them to donate at all, simply by bringing it to their attention. I think this is a useful function, and the more people that publicly state that they are donating the stronger the peer pressure on people to donate. I have a recurring monthly donation of 500 dollars, and recently donated 2000 in support of lukeprog and because it is currently getting doubled. Please, if you are willing, comment on this post with donation amounts! Any amount is useful to talk about, even if you think it's less than what other people are donating, because for every person that can donate a large amount there is a large amount of people that can donate a small amount. We should encourage and reinforce donation behavior at all levels.
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comment by orthonormal · 2011-08-28T04:23:30.237Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Hey, wait. I just noticed this Discussion comment thread you started just before making this post:
Replies from: gwernthey're just doing it wrong. The way to maximize karma by donating is to make a top-level post talking about your donation, and encouraging others to donate. Comments are small potatoes karma wise
comment by Dorikka · 2011-08-27T23:42:52.011Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I applaud your effort, but this post is seriously rubbing me the wrong way, particularly these bits:
the more people that publicly state that they are donating the stronger the peer pressure on people to donate.
We should encourage and reinforce donation behavior at all levels.
Perhaps I'm simply getting the "this really shouldn't be on top level" feeling.
comment by orthonormal · 2011-08-27T23:55:31.594Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
People are already doing this in the comments to the relevant threads; it doesn't need an extra post. Kudos to you on your donation, though!
comment by katydee · 2011-08-28T02:56:40.706Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
This post seems more appropriate for the discussion section of the site.
Replies from: wedrifid↑ comment by wedrifid · 2011-08-28T03:29:33.102Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
It is awesome (important and well structured) enough that I would be dissapointed if it was in the second class section, even if people will technically be discussing rather than being preached at. I want my vote to count as 10 (when and if it comes time to reverse the downvote to an upvote!)
comment by Mass_Driver · 2011-08-28T07:46:09.697Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Discussion level article available here: