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peter_hurford comments on Holiday giving thread - Less Wrong Discussion

13 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 23 December 2011 11:09AM

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Comment author: peter_hurford 24 December 2011 05:21:06AM 2 points [-]

You should also pledge that you won't donate unless you do so to match another donation, otherwise the value added of a matching donation is an illusion here. Though, the illusion may be all that is needed to motivate donations.

Comment author: peter_hurford 24 December 2011 05:22:37AM 3 points [-]
Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 24 December 2011 08:58:18AM 2 points [-]

Good point. While I hit my full total before reading your comment, I hereby regardless pledge that I wouldn't have donated unless it was to match another donation, and that this also holds in any counterfactual or parallel worlds where people don't get up to the full sum.