Why should you donate to the Forumâs Donation Election Fund?
It could change the way you donate, for the better: We all have limited information to decide how we should donate. Giving via the Donation Election Fund letâs you benefit from the collectively held information of the Forumâs users, as well as up to date facts from the marginal funding posts from organisations. If enough users take part in the voting, you wonât have to read all of the marginal funding posts to benefit from the information they contain.
It could boost engagement in the election, which leads to:
More funding for charities: Last year, the donation election and surrounding events moved a lot of money. In our squiggle model, we get this distribution:
The headline â$30k raised through the electionâ does not represent all of the money raised because of the Forumâs events. But giving money to the election fund will likely increase the attention on the Forum, the amount of effort that organisations and individuals put into posts etc⊠in a way which will increase the amount raised overall.
Influencing otherâs donations for the better: In the EA survey (post coming soon) we saw that the donation election had influenced peopleâs donation choices. We also saw in the comments on last years votes that specific posts had influenced donations, especially, shifting people towards animal welfare organisations, and increasing donations to rethink priorities.
Also, maybe you just want to get these sweet sweet rewards.
Why should you donate to the Forumâs Donation Election Fund?
It could change the way you donate, for the better: We all have limited information to decide how we should donate. Giving via the Donation Election Fund letâs you benefit from the collectively held information of the Forumâs users, as well as up to date facts from the marginal funding posts from organisations. If enough users take part in the voting, you wonât have to read all of the marginal funding posts to benefit from the information they contain.
It could boost engagement in the election, which leads to:
More funding for charities: Last year, the donation election and surrounding events moved a lot of money. In our squiggle model, we get this distribution:
The headline â$30k raised through the electionâ does not represent all of the money raised because of the Forumâs events. But giving money to the election fund will likely increase the attention on the Forum, the amount of effort that organisations and individuals put into posts etc⊠in a way which will increase the amount raised overall.
Influencing otherâs donations for the better: In the EA survey (post coming soon) we saw that the donation election had influenced peopleâs donation choices. We also saw in the comments on last years votes that specific posts had influenced donations, especially, shifting people towards animal welfare organisations, and increasing donations to rethink priorities.
Also, maybe you just want to get these sweet sweet rewards.