Yeah, this makes sense. FWIW, my current memory of the situation was that Ben hadn’t made any promises about paying for information until quite late in the process, and the primary purpose of the payment was to enable the publishing of information that was already circling around privately (i.e. in private docs that Alice and Chloe had shared with some others).
Of course, it’s hard to get rid of the incentive, but I think given that it was paying for publishing something that was already largely written up, I do think the immediate incentives here are weaker (though of course in the long run, and also via various more TDT-ish considerations, there is still an effect here).
I also am not super confident in the exact historical details here. Slack records suggest the rewards hadn’t been finalized the week before the post.
Alas, I do not know. I have some internal Slack records suggesting it as a thing to consider in April, but I don’t know when Ben brought it up to Alice or Chloe. I am confident nothing was confirmed until quite close to the post being published, but I don’t know when the idea was first floated (with the only bound I have is that it probably wasn’t before April).
Yeah, this makes sense. FWIW, my current memory of the situation was that Ben hadn’t made any promises about paying for information until quite late in the process, and the primary purpose of the payment was to enable the publishing of information that was already circling around privately (i.e. in private docs that Alice and Chloe had shared with some others).
Of course, it’s hard to get rid of the incentive, but I think given that it was paying for publishing something that was already largely written up, I do think the immediate incentives here are weaker (though of course in the long run, and also via various more TDT-ish considerations, there is still an effect here).
I also am not super confident in the exact historical details here. Slack records suggest the rewards hadn’t been finalized the week before the post.
Thanks. Do you remember when Ben started discussing the possibility of pay?
Alas, I do not know. I have some internal Slack records suggesting it as a thing to consider in April, but I don’t know when Ben brought it up to Alice or Chloe. I am confident nothing was confirmed until quite close to the post being published, but I don’t know when the idea was first floated (with the only bound I have is that it probably wasn’t before April).