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1/2/2008

GiveWell Astroturfing

Filed under: Astroturfing, Blogging, MetaFilter, Web — Arthur @ 11:24 am

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.

1/1/2008

Give Well?

Filed under: Astroturfing, Blogging, MetaFilter, Web — Arthur @ 10:10 am

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 red handed.

The only honourable course now would be for GiveWell’s board to accept his resignation, but they seem to be trying to squirm their way out of that.

8/24/2006

What goes around, comes around

Filed under: Science News — Arthur @ 3:46 pm

A long, long time ago, when I was a child, my family had a complete set of volumes of the World Book Encyclopedia – I believe they had been purchased for my father when he was a child – that had been published before the discovery of Pluto.

I remember feeling smugly superior, from my perch in the space aged ’50s, when I read the article about the eight planets of the solar system. Turns out they were right all along.

5/10/2006

Bond Sites

Filed under: General — Arthur @ 9:22 am

In Your Best Interest : Fixed Income Investment Markets Explained for the Investing Public
In Your Best Interest : Fixed Income Investment Markets Explained for the Investing Public lists the following sites for canadian bond information:
bankofcanada.ca
bloomberg.com
bondsonline.com
bondtalk.com
canada.com
dbrs.com
fool.com
globeinvestor.com
ida.ca
independentfinancial.on.ca
investinginbonds.com
investopedia.com
inyourbestinterest.ca
iunits.com
newyorkfed.com
osc.ca
smartmoney.com
standardandpoors.com
stockhouse.ca

4/20/2006

All-hands Meeting

Filed under: General — Arthur @ 12:54 pm

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