it should be pretty obvious that almost all donation matchings that are advertised as such are at least a bit fake
Obvious to who? Both Giving Multiplier and (last week) GiveWell are targeting matches to people new to effective giving. My guess is that if you interviewed people right after they donated in these matching campaigns and asked them whether they thought the match was real, they would say it was.
Also note that both GiveWell and Giving Multiplier are putting a lot of argument behind the position that their matches are real. (If they offered illusory matches and were upfront about them being illusory I would not have a problem)
Obvious to this forum, sorry, I should’ve been clearer. I think your post here laying out the issues is a good contribution. One way in which it’s good is if donors to Giving Multiplier later come across this post and learn more about our culture.
Obvious to who? Both Giving Multiplier and (last week) GiveWell are targeting matches to people new to effective giving. My guess is that if you interviewed people right after they donated in these matching campaigns and asked them whether they thought the match was real, they would say it was.
Also note that both GiveWell and Giving Multiplier are putting a lot of argument behind the position that their matches are real. (If they offered illusory matches and were upfront about them being illusory I would not have a problem)
Obvious to this forum, sorry, I should’ve been clearer. I think your post here laying out the issues is a good contribution. One way in which it’s good is if donors to Giving Multiplier later come across this post and learn more about our culture.