Thanks—should be fixed now
ThomNorman
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Hi Ben, thanks for responding. I think you raise some valid points, we hope that we are avoiding being dishonest as we agree with you that we shouldn’t be.
What the standard donor gets is to control where the bonus fund goes. What the bonus donor gets is to help encourage more donations. We do explain this on our site.
One broader point I’d make is that there is a real tension between being very precise and transparent and being concise enough that we won’t switch most people off with too much information too soon. We’re trying to tread that line, but we welcome critical feedback where we might not be getting the right balance.
Hi Jeff—thanks very much for taking the time to comment. In the case of FarmKind, however, I think this specific critique is a little wide of the mark. We address this specific concern on our page about the matching fund (just click ‘More detail on how it works’ for a drop down with a detailed review). Link here.
In short, donating with us determines where the money in the bonus fund goes, including which favourite charity they choose, which super-effective charity they choose, and how much to allocate to each.
More broadly, we’ve tried to be as transparent as possible about how things work with our entire system. In an ideal world, we’d have loads of information right up front with plenty of footnotes, but we have to recognise that this is going to put off the majority of donors. So, we’ve had to strike a balance: all the info is there if for those who want to look for it.
But, we’re always listening and happy to take on board critiques :)
Congrats on the launch! Especially on getting up and at it so quickly :) The website looks great!
Even amongst academic conferences, this seems quite outside of my personal experience. I’ve been to a small number of academic animal law conferences and—while there is plenty to complain about from an EA perspective—most people were there because they cared about animals and the food was all vegan.