Holden specifically put forward the claim that this kind of influence matching is a type of non-illusory matching. He even suggests the very concept that Giving Multiplier is doing
Holden wrote “the matcher makes a legitimate commitment to give only if others do, in an attempt to influence their giving”. That’s not what’s happening here: the matchers are donating regardless of whether others do. Additionally, I’m quite pessimistic about people being able to make legitimate commitments in this regard, since predicting what you would otherwise do with the funds is typically very difficult.
(I also think glossing Holden’s “perhaps … you should fight back” as “you should fight back” gives the wrong impression.)
Holden wrote “the matcher makes a legitimate commitment to give only if others do, in an attempt to influence their giving”. That’s not what’s happening here: the matchers are donating regardless of whether others do. Additionally, I’m quite pessimistic about people being able to make legitimate commitments in this regard, since predicting what you would otherwise do with the funds is typically very difficult.
(I also think glossing Holden’s “perhaps … you should fight back” as “you should fight back” gives the wrong impression.)