Vaniver comments on Open Thread, October 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 19 October 2012 02:41:32PM *  0 points [-]

As far as I can tell, any decision theory that disagrees with CDT in this case is mistaken. The author (or you) need to sweeten the deal; either the benefits need to be better, or the cost needs to be lower. Typical ways to improve the benefit are to attach status or other goods to the donation- whenever I talk about the Kickstarter projects I back, I make sure to mention that, you know, I backed them.

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 22 October 2012 07:17:58AM *  0 points [-]

You missed an opportunity here. ;)

whenever I talk about the Kickstarter projects I back (like these: [link] [link] [link]), I make sure to mention that, you know, I backed them.

Comment author: Vaniver 22 October 2012 06:59:51PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, but the conversation is about collective patronage in general, not about specific projects, and it seemed like it would detract from my point to also brag with my comment.