jkaufman comments on The Valentine’s Day Gift That Saves Lives - Less Wrong

-6 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 01 February 2016 05:00PM

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Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 18 May 2016 01:18:17AM -2 points [-]

some of them do

I think we're on slightly different semantic grounds here. "Paid likes" is a specific practice, one that we've never engaged in, because it's highly counterproductive to creating an engaged FB community.

Now, are there people we pay who also like our FB posts? Sure. They are the ones who most consistently like them. This is one reason we hired them to work for us. It's a pretty typical thing to do for a nonprofit to hire on volunteers who are passionate about the cause.

getting into effective altruism

I accept that you're skeptical. Here's an example of one of our virtual assistants describing his getting into EA.

Comment author: jkaufman 18 May 2016 11:44:34AM 1 point [-]

"Paid likes" is a specific practice, one that we've never engaged in

Sorry, yes, you're interpreting my use of "paid likes" as being a very specific thing, and I mean it differently. Specifically, I'm talking about accounts that (a) click like and (b) are operated by someone who received money from InIn and (c) wouldn't have done (a) without (b).

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 18 May 2016 05:12:12PM -2 points [-]

Ah, I see there was a miscommunication. In that case, sure, there are people who are paid for social media management, and as part of doing so, click like on our posts. Yes, I suppose they would not be doing so as consistently as they are if they were not paid, although someone who was let go due to financial constraints still keeps liking our posts consistently due to his enthusiasm for the content.