Note that SFF explicitly does not identify as an EA Funder. I think there are of course still social ties here, and I don’t want to police people’s internal categories, but it seems like a relevant thing to bring up. I remember Critch clarifying this at some point in a comment somewhere, but I can’t find it, but I am reasonably confident that Critch and Jaan would both say something like “SFF is not an ‘EA funder’, please do not try to hold us to EA standards” if explicitly asked.
I think what to do here is a bit messy, since of course SFF is similar to EA funders in important ways, but I think the specific way it is being invoked here, where funding by SFF tries to somehow police people as therefore being members of a community, is something that SFF has reasonable right to object to, and as far as I know, does indeed object to.
Interpret data semantics as desired. At least I linked data my claims were based on upon, especially considering original claims still seem untrue regardless if SFF is considered EA:
most of our funding comes from venture capital sources
Yep, I wasn’t intending to disagree with all the stuff you said. Overall your complaint seems quite reasonable to me, I just had one local comment (which did seem relevant to the overall conclusion).
Note that SFF explicitly does not identify as an EA Funder. I think there are of course still social ties here, and I don’t want to police people’s internal categories, but it seems like a relevant thing to bring up. I remember Critch clarifying this at some point in a comment somewhere, but I can’t find it, but I am reasonably confident that Critch and Jaan would both say something like “SFF is not an ‘EA funder’, please do not try to hold us to EA standards” if explicitly asked.
I think what to do here is a bit messy, since of course SFF is similar to EA funders in important ways, but I think the specific way it is being invoked here, where funding by SFF tries to somehow police people as therefore being members of a community, is something that SFF has reasonable right to object to, and as far as I know, does indeed object to.
Interpret data semantics as desired. At least I linked data my claims were based on upon, especially considering original claims still seem untrue regardless if SFF is considered EA:
Yep, I wasn’t intending to disagree with all the stuff you said. Overall your complaint seems quite reasonable to me, I just had one local comment (which did seem relevant to the overall conclusion).