GiveWell Astroturfing
Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Arthur
Well-worth-reading summation of the GiveWell astroturfing controversy on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s website.
Meanwhile, the GiveWell, or Give ‘em Hell? thread rages on on MetaTalk.
Posted on January 2nd, 2008 by Arthur
Well-worth-reading summation of the GiveWell astroturfing controversy on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s website.
Meanwhile, the GiveWell, or Give ‘em Hell? thread rages on on MetaTalk.
Posted on January 1st, 2008 by Arthur
GiveWell or Give ‘em Hell: The 26-year-old founder of GiveWell, a sort of charity 2.0 startup, is caught astroturfing AskMetaFilter and other weblogs. On AskMetaFilter, he created two accounts to ask and then answer a question on end-of-year donations, recommending his own organization and maligning hits competitors. He didn’t reveal his involvement until caught [...]