Kevin comments on The Craigslist Revolution: a real-world application of torture vs. dust specks OR How I learned to stop worrying and create one billion dollars out of nothing

[Kevin]

I think you had the same misunderstanding as this person: http://​​lesswrong.com/​​lw/​​1qf/​​the_craigslist_revolution_a_realworld_application/​​1lth In short the idea is not to give free ads for charities, but to put up normal commercial advertisements and give the proceeds to charity.