There are so many important efforts to make the world better that are significantly limited by funding, and it would be great if we could have a culture where significant and thoughtful giving was normal and common. It's hard to build that sort of norm if people keep their giving private, however, and so I've long been an advocate of being public about your giving. I list my donations (jointly with Julia) and have taken Giving What We Can's 10% Pledge (also jointly with Julia).

In July GWWC suggested people put the "small orange diamond" symbol (🔸) in their usernames on social media to show that they've pledged. Here's how the EA Forum describes this on the profile editing page:

This digital symbol reminds me of the physical Symbolic Beads of Raikoth. In an older Scott Alexander post [...]

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First published:
November 7th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tLMrm7ELg2dPmP2a7/signaling-with-small-orange-diamonds

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“Signaling with Small Orange Diamonds” by jefftk

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