With respect, I ask that you delete the competitive, top-upvoted-post-gets-X aspect. I have my own ideas about how to arrange coordination between altruistic causes that require rationalist support. This sort of competition is exactly the wrong way to start off, psychologically speaking.
It was not my intent to create a competition, simply a way for an individual to defer to the judgment of the community, and signal same. On reflection, I see how it could come off that way, and have deleted that aspect—thank you for the suggestion.
Within a single community, your reasoning makes sense. But unbeknownst to you, I had longer-range plans for coordinating with other, pre-existing communities on a different basis than “We want to steal all your rationalists for OUR cause!”
With respect, I ask that you delete the competitive, top-upvoted-post-gets-X aspect. I have my own ideas about how to arrange coordination between altruistic causes that require rationalist support. This sort of competition is exactly the wrong way to start off, psychologically speaking.
It was not my intent to create a competition, simply a way for an individual to defer to the judgment of the community, and signal same. On reflection, I see how it could come off that way, and have deleted that aspect—thank you for the suggestion.
Within a single community, your reasoning makes sense. But unbeknownst to you, I had longer-range plans for coordinating with other, pre-existing communities on a different basis than “We want to steal all your rationalists for OUR cause!”
Cool, I’ll look forward to seeing that =)