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gwern comments on Givewell Survey - Opportunity to influence their research - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: Raemon 26 February 2013 05:20PM

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Comment author: gwern 26 February 2013 10:41:27PM 7 points [-]

I wondered the same thing, but notice that they ask how much you donated to them / through them. So even if we flood in and produce hundreds of responses, as long as we're honest, the analysis will show that the people who are actually donating money look like X and everyone else looks like Y, and Givewell can decide appropriately. (And if LWers really are donating a ton to Givewell or its top charities, well, then the flooding is not a problem at all.)

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 27 February 2013 10:40:37AM *  3 points [-]

Weighting GiveWell donors' responses more heavily will mean giving the opinions of people who are happy its current work disproportionate influence, won't it? It may be worthwhile to distinguish between people who are interested in effective altruism and people who follow GiveWell's recommendations.