because it’s not legible, and willingness to donate to illegible things opens you up to scams.
OpenPhil also discourages small donations, I believe specifically because they don’t want to have to justify their decisions to the public, but I think will accept them.
Saying you’re not allowed to donate to the projects is much stronger than either of these things though. E.g. re your 2nd point, nothing is stopping someone from giving top up funding to projects/people that have received OpenPhil funding, and I’m not sure anyone feels like they’re being told they shouldn’t? E.g. the Nonlinear Fund was doing exactly this kind of marginal funding.
I agree they’re allowed to seek out frontier donations, or for that matter give to Open Phil. I believe that this doesn’t feel available/acceptable, on an emotional level, to a meaningful portion of the EA population, who have a strong need for both impact and certainty.
Where does the “ you’re not allowed to donate to it” part of #2 come from?
because it’s not legible, and willingness to donate to illegible things opens you up to scams.
OpenPhil also discourages small donations, I believe specifically because they don’t want to have to justify their decisions to the public, but I think will accept them.
Saying you’re not allowed to donate to the projects is much stronger than either of these things though. E.g. re your 2nd point, nothing is stopping someone from giving top up funding to projects/people that have received OpenPhil funding, and I’m not sure anyone feels like they’re being told they shouldn’t? E.g. the Nonlinear Fund was doing exactly this kind of marginal funding.
I agree they’re allowed to seek out frontier donations, or for that matter give to Open Phil. I believe that this doesn’t feel available/acceptable, on an emotional level, to a meaningful portion of the EA population, who have a strong need for both impact and certainty.