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brilee comments on Quixey Challenge - Fix a bug in 1 minute, win $100. Refer a winner, win $50. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: brilee 19 January 2012 10:30:25PM 4 points [-]

Can we not have corporate advertising on LW? Alternately, I'd be okay with it if, for example, Quixey told their employees to devote 10% of their time to writing high-quality posts on LW.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 19 January 2012 10:32:24PM 10 points [-]

I think Q founders do in fact support SIAI financially.

Comment author: Randaly 20 January 2012 12:33:38AM 3 points [-]

In particular, if I understand the way the Challenge is set up correctly, LW gets 50$ for everybody from LW who wins. (Since the referrer for anybody who comes via this link is listed as Less Wrong, and Quixley states that the referrer of a winner gets $50.)

Comment author: jsteinhardt 22 January 2012 03:53:58AM 0 points [-]

Liron, can you confirm whether this is indeed the case?

Comment author: Liron 24 January 2012 04:09:21AM 0 points [-]

QC rules state a limit of one $50 prize per referer account, so the lesswrong account made $50 :)

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 January 2012 02:11:50AM 5 points [-]

Yep.

Comment author: Clippy 20 January 2012 04:23:35PM 7 points [-]

I've supported SIAI financially as well (via User:Kevin). May I advertise paperclip production here in top-level discussion posts, and have them promoted and their downvotes erased?

Comment author: JGWeissman 20 January 2012 10:30:33PM 2 points [-]

May I advertise paperclip production here in top-level discussion posts, and have them promoted and their downvotes erased?

Are you looking to hire for positions that would be a good fit for Less Wrong members (with other relevant skills)? If so, I would be happy for you to use Less Wrong for recruitment.

Comment author: wedrifid 20 January 2012 05:03:21PM *  5 points [-]

Can we not have corporate advertising on LW?

Far more important to me is that if we do have corporate advertising then it should be presented as corporate advertising. Having it appear to be actual Lesswrong content - complete with artificial karma ratings - is rather peculiar.

Comment author: cousin_it 21 March 2012 10:19:41PM *  0 points [-]

Fair enough. Just a note: in my line of work I happen to know that some people want to make sponsored content compete for ranking on the same terms as non-sponsored content, if the alternative is to show sponsored content always on top (as it often happens).

Comment author: wedrifid 22 March 2012 03:51:43AM 0 points [-]

Just a note: in my line of work I happen to know that some people want to make sponsored content compete for ranking on the same terms as non-sponsored content, if the alternative is to show sponsored content always on top (as it often happens).

On the same terms? Wouldn't the sponsored content want to get something of a boost? I thought that was the point!

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