Canonical examples
Examples with explicit review fields
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Worked examplePersonal pledge swap
Victoria
I already care about poverty, but a reciprocal trade would let me buy much more animal welfare than I could create alone.
- Offered action
- Donate 1% of my income to an evidence-backed poverty charity for 12 months.
- Requested action
- Adopt a vegetarian diet for 12 months.
Action evidenceReceipts, donation records, and an annual review checkpoint.
Baseline confidenceModerate
Externality reviewReview whether the trade creates third-party harms, bad incentives, or objections from moral views not present in the match.
Worked examplePersonal pledge swap
Paul
The diet shift is worth it if it reliably increases poverty giving that I would not otherwise cause.
- Offered action
- Go vegetarian for 12 months, with a yearly check-in and visible meal log.
- Requested action
- Donate 1% of income to an effective poverty fund for the same period.
Action evidenceReceipts, donation records, and an annual review checkpoint.
Baseline confidenceModerate
Externality reviewReview whether the trade creates third-party harms, bad incentives, or objections from moral views not present in the match.
Worked examplePersonal pledge swap
Nia
I want a mixed trade that links a climate habit to a public-health action with light verification.
- Offered action
- Replace two weekly car trips with transit and contribute monthly to a climate resilience fund.
- Requested action
- Volunteer four hours each month with a vaccination or clinic outreach effort.
Action evidenceA dated public pledge plus light follow-up evidence.
Baseline confidenceWeak
Externality reviewReview whether the trade creates third-party harms, bad incentives, or objections from moral views not present in the match.
Worked examplePersonal pledge swap
Omar
This is a reciprocal mixed trade, not a shared moral consensus.
- Offered action
- Volunteer four hours monthly with a community health campaign.
- Requested action
- Cut two weekly car trips and redirect the savings into climate resilience.
Action evidenceA dated public pledge plus light follow-up evidence.
Baseline confidenceWeak
Externality reviewReview whether the trade creates third-party harms, bad incentives, or objections from moral views not present in the match.
Worked examplePaid action offer
Lina
For me, paying for a real dietary shift is worth the money if it changes behavior that would not have happened otherwise.
- Offered action
- Pay $600 in three installments if someone adopts a vegetarian diet for 12 months.
- Requested action
- Adopt a vegetarian diet for 12 months with monthly check-ins and a simple meal log.
Action evidenceExternal payment records and completion evidence before any reliance.
Baseline confidenceWeak
Externality reviewCheck whether payment could reward strategic delay, newly escalated behavior, or pressure on vulnerable people.
Worked examplePaid action offer
Marco
I am already somewhat open to the diet, so a credible payment offer makes the switch prudentially worthwhile.
- Offered action
- Adopt a vegetarian diet for 12 months, with monthly check-ins and a shared meal tracker.
- Requested action
- Receive $600 over the year if I follow through.
Action evidenceExternal payment records and completion evidence before any reliance.
Baseline confidenceWeak
Externality reviewCheck whether payment could reward strategic delay, newly escalated behavior, or pressure on vulnerable people.
Worked exampleDonation offset
Rebecca
If matched, this beats spending money on a zero-sum advocacy fight.
- Offered action
- Redirect $1,000 I would have sent to gun-rights lobbying into a global poverty fund.
- Requested action
- Redirect $1,000 you would have sent to gun-control lobbying into the same global poverty fund.
Action evidenceReviewer inspection of the named evidence before reliance.
Baseline confidenceModerate
Externality reviewPolitical-adjacent case study. Keep below lower-risk examples and require externality review for affected communities and unrepresented values.
Worked exampleDonation offset
Christopher
I still care most about policy, but matched redirection dominates cancelling out.
- Offered action
- Redirect $1,000 I would have sent to gun-control lobbying into the same global poverty fund.
- Requested action
- Redirect $1,000 you would have sent to gun-rights lobbying into that poverty fund.
Action evidenceReviewer inspection of the named evidence before reliance.
Baseline confidenceModerate
Externality reviewPolitical-adjacent case study. Keep below lower-risk examples and require externality review for affected communities and unrepresented values.