whynot comments on Why Our Kind Can't Cooperate - Less Wrong

132 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 March 2009 08:37AM

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Comment author: thomblake 24 March 2009 02:42:14PM *  2 points [-]

But none of those donors posted their agreement to the mailing list. Not one.

Couldn't you just ask contributors for the right to make their donations public?

Comment author: whynot 18 September 2009 04:39:52PM 1 point [-]

The Christian and other ethics often demand that the left hand not know what the right hand is doing. However, you can certainly indicate the sum of donations so far without violating anyone's privacy.

The commitment of those who do donate may be more inspiring than the excuses of those who do not.

Comment author: Davorak 05 February 2011 02:37:42AM 1 point [-]

An automated reply system could make a post with the donated amount and unique anonymous user name. That way people reading the counter arguments see people donating between some posts.