Seeking matcher for SIAI donation

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Seeking matcher for SIAI donation

1 min read8th Oct 20109 comments

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I just donated $150 to the Singularity Institute. Would anyone be willing to match my donation (as in, donate at least $150 and tell me you did so)? A first-time donor would be ideal, but anyone would make me happy.

Seeking matcher for SIAI donation

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[-]AngryParsley14y60

Donated 1,000 units of caring. Thanks for the reminder.

[-]VNKKET14y00

You are awesome.

And let me know if you want more evidence of my little donation.

[-]JamesAndrix14y30

If someone does decide to match you, they should also announce and retroactively ask someone to match them, and so on...

The 'forward' way to do this, "I will donate $150 if someone else commits to this statement.", may or may not be better.

[-]VNKKET14y00

And if they take long enough, I'll match that person myself. :)

[-]Vladimir_Golovin14y20

When I read this post I committed to wait for 24 hours (but then extended it to 7 days) and match you. The time is up, so I've just donated $200.

[-]VNKKET14y10

Thank you! And your commit-then-wait method sounds obviously good.

[-][anonymous]14y00

The best way to seek a match is to condition it rather than ask afterwards.

[-]Eneasz14y00

The best way to seek a match is to condition it rather than ask afterwards.

[-]VNKKET14y20

I see no reason to disagree with you. (By the way, the other time I did this was non-backwards.)

A note for potential matchers: if you match this donation, you'll make me more likely to donate in the future. (I'll be like, "Not only would I be helping out, but I could probably get someone to match this donation as well. ") I was relying on this being obvious.

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