There’s a long comment on this topic by Ryan Carey on the FB group here—basically the policy is carefully curated content of a pretty generalist nature for the first month, so that the forum will be as inclusive as possible to begin with. Then after that first month it gets thrown relatively open.
I also imagine this forum as a place of links and rapid-fire discussion in addition to the longer stuff, and in a few weeks time we’ll get to see if that mode of posting becomes popular.
I concur with pappabuhry. Additionally, our minds might be running the schema that because this forum looks like a bit like Less Wrong, and has an almost identical platform, maybe it makes sense to use it like Less Wrong.
However, Less Wrong is part of an online rationalist culture that is distinct from effective altruism. Additionally, Less Wrong launched with traditions of discussion that had been on Overcoming Bias for years already. While lots of users here originated on Less Wrong, I believe they’re the ones who are open to discussions with a a different feel. So, how this forum as a whole prefers discussions will form as individual users try new discussions at any level, and what establishes itself.
I believe the policy for the first couple of months of being open and inclusive with subtle moderation is a good approach for cultivating an agora.
There’s a long comment on this topic by Ryan Carey on the FB group here—basically the policy is carefully curated content of a pretty generalist nature for the first month, so that the forum will be as inclusive as possible to begin with. Then after that first month it gets thrown relatively open.
I also imagine this forum as a place of links and rapid-fire discussion in addition to the longer stuff, and in a few weeks time we’ll get to see if that mode of posting becomes popular.
I concur with pappabuhry. Additionally, our minds might be running the schema that because this forum looks like a bit like Less Wrong, and has an almost identical platform, maybe it makes sense to use it like Less Wrong.
However, Less Wrong is part of an online rationalist culture that is distinct from effective altruism. Additionally, Less Wrong launched with traditions of discussion that had been on Overcoming Bias for years already. While lots of users here originated on Less Wrong, I believe they’re the ones who are open to discussions with a a different feel. So, how this forum as a whole prefers discussions will form as individual users try new discussions at any level, and what establishes itself.
I believe the policy for the first couple of months of being open and inclusive with subtle moderation is a good approach for cultivating an agora.