DISQUS

Will Wilkinson: The Fly Bottle Cash-for-Content SuperNovember Fundraiser

  • Peter Caress · 5 years ago
    Jesus Christ! I'll consider giving you a buck or two if you take down that awful picture of yourself on the swing.
  • Rob · 5 years ago
    Wow, Will, you look like a goddamned monkey-boy in that picture.

    I'd be honored to float some cash your way. (Won't be until a few days from now).
  • Missy · 5 years ago
    I think I see a nipple.
  • Peter · 5 years ago
    How about if I agree to check your site once a day and click all your google ads? I started to do that more often here anyways once I realized you can make decent money off them when I put them on my site. Could that count towards the $250?
  • Will Wilkinson · 5 years ago
    Peter, Click away! I will definitely count Google Ad revenue toward the goal! And Amazon referral book sale revenue, too.
  • Chuck · 5 years ago
    Will, shouldn't you put a thermometer or some such measuring device on the site so that loyal Fly Bottle watchers can monitor the progress of the campaign?

    Or would that encourage free-riding?

    Also, you should give out status premiums. Like, if one person gives the entire $250, he should be bestowed the title of "Ludwig" (either for the blog's muse Wittgenstein or the ultra-liberal von Mises.) My insatiable appetite for honor would lead me, for one, to contribute more if I knew that I could get a fancy name that would inspire admiration from women and small children and light a fire of jealousy in the hearts of men.
  • Will Wilkinson · 5 years ago
    Chuck, Good idea! I will create several "Clubs" for different giving levels. Hmmm....
  • Lane · 5 years ago
    Does it count if you win money from me at poker?
  • Will Wilkinson · 5 years ago
    Lane: No. But I WILL win.
  • Glen · 5 years ago
    I'd be more likely to contribute if you made it an assurance contract -- i.e., guarantee that contributed funds will be returned if the overall target is not reached. That way, I would not have to fear making a contribution for nothing.
  • Will Wilkinson · 5 years ago
    Dammit Glen. Economists. I was hoping to get $249 and then do nothing! But, yes! Consider yourself assured.
  • Telis · 5 years ago
    I'd just like to emphasize the importance of providing rent money for Will. If he doesn't get it, his roommates will need to cover for him. And beautiful people should never have to pay for things.
  • Patri Friedman · 5 years ago
    Poker? Hey, can I contribute by beating you at poker, hence teaching you how to play better, hence increasing your future earning potential at the game?
  • Micha Ghertner · 5 years ago
    Is this a case of rent seeking?
  • Will Wilkinson · 5 years ago
    Funny!
  • Glen Whitman · 5 years ago
    Now that Will's given me a money-back guarantee (I expect three whole posts on Thanksgiving Day*, by God!), I've made a $10 contribution via PayPal. As the little kids say in "Triumph of the Will" (hey, just noticed the pun!), "I'M DOING MY PART!"

    * Actually, Will's promise was 3 posts *per* day, but not 3 posts *each* day. So I suppose Will could make 90 posts on November 30 and satisfy his commitment.
  • Suzanne · 5 years ago
    I just did it out of love for my bro...
  • Will Wilkinson · 5 years ago
    I love you too Suz! Thanks!
  • Jen · 5 years ago
    Oh the sibling peer pressure!! I had to give too since Suz did, but I think that you should count the poker night buy-in, beer, cigs, etc. until I have given more than her and then you can stop. Ha!