We have removed two links from this post in “Edit 3,” as they were linking to someone’s LinkedIn to claim that this person got the Open Philanthropy Undergraduate Scholarship that would cover tuition for those who are not domestic students (as well as the Atlas Fellowship), despite the fact that they do qualify as a domestic student. It seems that this claim is likely misleading; the person was offered a scholarship conditional upon going to a university abroad. They claim that they didn’t do so, and so did not receive funding. Their LinkedIn now clarifies that they were offered a scholarship, but not funded.
In general, we think that checking these sorts of claims with the people they involve (in this case, Open Philanthropy or the person in question) is a very good norm, precisely because it can prevent situations like this, where a potentially damaging and potentially false rumor can spread about someone.
Please do not share unverified rumors without doing some work to check them, first. You can run things by the moderation team if you’re unsure whether you should check them.
We have removed two links from this post in “Edit 3,” as they were linking to someone’s LinkedIn to claim that this person got the Open Philanthropy Undergraduate Scholarship that would cover tuition for those who are not domestic students (as well as the Atlas Fellowship), despite the fact that they do qualify as a domestic student. It seems that this claim is likely misleading; the person was offered a scholarship conditional upon going to a university abroad. They claim that they didn’t do so, and so did not receive funding. Their LinkedIn now clarifies that they were offered a scholarship, but not funded.
In general, we think that checking these sorts of claims with the people they involve (in this case, Open Philanthropy or the person in question) is a very good norm, precisely because it can prevent situations like this, where a potentially damaging and potentially false rumor can spread about someone.
Please do not share unverified rumors without doing some work to check them, first. You can run things by the moderation team if you’re unsure whether you should check them.