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I'm still a little upset with Givewell after what they did over at Metafilter. http://mssv.net/wiki/index.php/Givewell http://mssv.net/wiki/index.php/Givewell

• tdoggette 14y ago
  Seems awful trivial five years later. Givewell does excellent nonprofit analysis, and they don't seem malicious or unethical in any way that I've seen.
  • rms 14y ago
    Yup. It's unfortunate that this still dogs them in internet forums, but it's really only on internet forums where someone always insists on bringing it up.
    • benwikler 14y ago
      One thing I love about GiveWell is that they publicize and learn from their mistakes, this one included. http://www.givewell.org/about/shortcomings http://www.givewell.org/about/shortcomings They're really, really good people. Like everyone, they did something dumb. Unlike most, they learned from it and spend their lives trying to improve the world.
  • rhizome 14y ago
    The two people who were penalized in the Metafilter affair are now Co-Executive Directors, i.e. they have worked their ways back to the top.