I’d say that using donation matching without making it counterfactual is much more manipulative, because without establishing causality, you’d essentially be deceiving potential ‘matchers’. My proposal precisely aims to remove this deceptive potential.
It’s possible that this kind of donation matching essentially shifts power to large funders. I think this could be mitigated by having a long whitelist of effective charities (rather than one specific charity chosen by the funder), which gives matchers more leeway.
I’d say that using donation matching without making it counterfactual is much more manipulative, because without establishing causality, you’d essentially be deceiving potential ‘matchers’. My proposal precisely aims to remove this deceptive potential.
It’s possible that this kind of donation matching essentially shifts power to large funders. I think this could be mitigated by having a long whitelist of effective charities (rather than one specific charity chosen by the funder), which gives matchers more leeway.