$1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

FYI, at first glance the name looked very spammy. If I didn't see the samaltman.com domain I wouldnt have clicked. I'm glad I did though, good luck with that initiative.

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 6:04 PM UTC

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Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by obmelvin » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 6:06 PM UTC

nilved wrote: post #2

Yikes, cringe. Please tone down the emoji and literallies and why evens.

Presumably you aren't the target demographic of the site. It's not meant to appeal to you.

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by ronilan » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 6:07 PM UTC

Obligatory.

- Incentivizing to vote with cash prizes. Isn't that illegal?"

- "Illegal? Sam(ir) this is America".

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by oh_sigh » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 6:09 PM UTC

So, Sam, who do you support? Why is this election bigger than any other presidential election?

Also, is there a strong correlation being registered to vote and actually voting? If you aren't motivated to even register to vote already, will entering a contest making you register really affect your desire to go out and vote?

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by alva » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 6:10 PM UTC

Not a criticism! Replace benefitting party as you wish.

It is interesting when these initiatives present themselves as non-partisan. If you target a demographic that polling suggests will go for your preferred party, plough tons of money to encourage them to vote, can it truly be described as non-partisan?

edit: And if so, should they be obligated to disclose their preference and intention?

Re: $1M VotePlz Sweepstakes

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Post by rory096 » Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 6:11 PM UTC

oh_sigh wrote: post #8

So, Sam, who do you support? Why is this election bigger than any other presidential election? Also, is there a strong correlation being registered to vote and actually voting? If you aren't motivated to even register to vote already, will entering a contest making you register really affect your desire to go out and vote?

>So, Sam, who do you support?

He's made no secret of this.

http://blog.samaltman.com/trump