Time Is Tight

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.

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 [...]