Monthly Archives: January 2008

GiveWell Astroturfing

Posted on 1/2/2008 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.

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Give Well?

Posted on 1/1/2008 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 … Continue reading →

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