[costco]

People are less motivated by these sorts of systems if they know the money will go to charity because giving to charity feels good. See https://blog.beeminder.com/anticharity

[kugurerdem]

I think you are right. In this case, knowing that money will go to a neutral actor instead of a charity might be a better solution. Interesting.

Good essay by the way.

[llmblockchain]

What if the money went to a charity or organization you disagreed with, ex: neo-nazis, etc?

[kugurerdem]

That's one of the problems with the concept of "anticharity" conveyed in the essay that costco shared.

Using positive/negative punishment (a thing being taken from you or a bad thing happening to you) can cause more harm than good especially if the harm caused exceeds the benefits obtained from achieving the goal.

[Zambyte]

... then the system behind this will be organizing funding for neo-nazis.

[slucaskim]

Really interesting point. But so true