I want to give $180 to the Singularity Institute, but I’m looking for three people to match my donation by giving at least $60 each. If this scheme works, the Singularity Institute will get $360.
If you want to become one of the three matchers, I would be very grateful, and here’s how I think we should do it:
Donate using this link, and reply to this thread saying how much you are donating. Feel free to donate more than $60 if you can spare it, but I will only match the first $60 of your donation.
In your donation’s “Public Comment” field, include both a link to your reply and a note asking for a Singularity Institute employee to kindly follow that link and post a response saying that you donated.
I will do the same. (Or if you’re the first matching donor, then I already have—see directly below.)
To show that I’m serious, I’m donating my first $60 right now. I will donate my second $60 after the second matching donor, and my third $60 after the third matching donor.
The aim is to target people who want to donate but are stopped by a willpower problem. So if you already donate regularly, please don’t consume one of the matching-donor slots until it looks like this scheme is failing. But if you’ve never donated, think it’s a good idea, and can afford at least $60, here’s a chance to double your donation!
I’m also interested in information people might have about whether this scheme is a good idea (compared to, say, quietly making the donation alone).
Test:
I want to give $180 to the Singularity Institute, but I’m looking for three people to match my donation by giving at least $60 each. If this scheme works, the Singularity Institute will get $360.
If you want to become one of the three matchers, I would be very grateful, and here’s how I think we should do it:
Donate using this link, and reply to this thread saying how much you are donating. Feel free to donate more than $60 if you can spare it, but I will only match the first $60 of your donation.
In your donation’s “Public Comment” field, include both a link to your reply and a note asking for a Singularity Institute employee to kindly follow that link and post a response saying that you donated.
I will do the same. (Or if you’re the first matching donor, then I already have—see directly below.)
To show that I’m serious, I’m donating my first $60 right now. I will donate my second $60 after the second matching donor, and my third $60 after the third matching donor.
The aim is to target people who want to donate but are stopped by a willpower problem. So if you already donate regularly, please don’t consume one of the matching-donor slots until it looks like this scheme is failing. But if you’ve never donated, think it’s a good idea, and can afford at least $60, here’s a chance to double your donation!
I’m also interested in information people might have about whether this scheme is a good idea (compared to, say, quietly making the donation alone).