If that existed, it’d be more work, and it would siphon money from the first (two) fund(s).
Err… yes. But the current fund is insulting by its very existence. A ‘reward’ of something that provides no value (slightly altering a release schedule?) is a discouragement to donation, relative to just ‘please give money if you liked it’. More MoR for money, on the other hand, would be following that glorious principle of exchanging money for goods or services.
More MoR for money, on the other hand, would be following that glorious principle of exchanging money for goods or services.
As his author notes in the profile page mentioned, there’s at least some people who argue that Eliezer went too far by even the mere offer of an altered schedule in exchange for donations—right now I think their argument is extremely weak, however Eliezer would probably be treading actually murky waters if he had people give him money for the fanfiction itself (instead of the minor convenience of a quicker schedule).
Err… yes. But the current fund is insulting by its very existence. A ‘reward’ of something that provides no value (slightly altering a release schedule?) is a discouragement to donation, relative to just ‘please give money if you liked it’. More MoR for money, on the other hand, would be following that glorious principle of exchanging money for goods or services.
As his author notes in the profile page mentioned, there’s at least some people who argue that Eliezer went too far by even the mere offer of an altered schedule in exchange for donations—right now I think their argument is extremely weak, however Eliezer would probably be treading actually murky waters if he had people give him money for the fanfiction itself (instead of the minor convenience of a quicker schedule).
Oh, right. Laws. They totally slipped my mind. Yeah, he should have gone with just accepting donations.
Ever been addicted to anything?
Insert ceteris paribus into the grandparent.
Ceteris is not paribus. Several readers complained of withdrawal symptoms during the hiatus.