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… language to the checkout counter prompt to donate that says, “CVS has committed at least $10M, and you can make it even more!”

About 2 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

… a previous gift. The complaint’s allegations are consistent with either arrangement — because they are functionally the same, so long as customers’ gifts above $10M also go to the ADA! Anyway, this seems easily fixed next time by adding …

About 2 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

Maybe these campaigns usually raise at least $10M, which CVS was more or less counting on to make its own guarantee - if it didn’t think that was likely, it wouldn’t have made the promise. Providing insurance against a failed campaign feels different than cynically reimbursing …

About 2 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

A well-pled complaint. If it turns out that CVS said it would do its donation campaign, and the ADA said, “Great, but if you’re getting all that good publicity you need to backstop it by guaranteeing at least $10M from it,” would I stay outraged? I’m not sure I would. twitter.com/clancynewyork/…

About 2 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@BioTurboNick Agreed. I worry that they’ll get good enough to give answers we didn’t already know ourselves and can’t well verify — while remaining bad enough to mess up newyorker.com/tech/annals-of…

About 3 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

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