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Manifund launches Blog Revival Project to fund defunct bloggers

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Manifund, an organization focused on mechanism design, has launched the Blog Revival Project to encourage former bloggers to return to writing. The project aims to crowdfund bounties of $1,000 or more for individuals who have stopped blogging, with an initial seed of $8,000 from Manifund and a $10,000 quadratic match pool. The initiative seeks to counteract the internet's current dynamics that discourage personal, unfiltered thoughts, offering a way for people to express their support for specific defunct blogs. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster describes a project to incentivize blogging, which is a tool or mechanism for content creation, rather than a core AI release, significant industry move, or research paper.

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Manifund launches Blog Revival Project to fund defunct bloggers

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 (HR) · Austin Chen ·

    Blog Revival Project

    <p><span>Blogs have shaped our philosophical worldviews, found us careers and friends, and changed our lives. There’s a good chance that a great blog of yore is the reason you’re reading this right now.</span></p><p><span>But many great bloggers have stopped blogging. The pile-on…

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