I can definitely see that. In hindsight, I might have split the post up so I think that’s valuable feedback. The initial reason I didn’t do that was that the whole piece is quite self-referential so it made sense to be together but with a little bit of editing, it could be fixed. I might pull out excerpts and post separately in the future as there are specific section I want more feedback on so thank you for the advice!
I think it would be useful to hear your experience. I’m generally interested in the reasons why EAs might have gotten involved in protest-related movements and also why they left, so would be useful to understand.
I wouldn’t read too much into the ordering of the acknowledgements, but that’s very humble of you! The names were added mostly in chronological order of who gave feedback first so I guess thanks for being one of the early ones. I’m not sure if there is a standard formatting for acknowledgements so I just did it chronologically without really thinking about it.
I’m not sure if there is a standard formatting for acknowledgements so I just did it chronologically without really thinking about it.
Fwiw, I personally order alphabetically by first name, alphabetically by last name, or in order of how much value I got from a person’s input or how much effort they seemed to put in. Usually I go alphabetically since that requires less thought and seems less likely to annoy people (though of course it also doesn’t as accurately/effectively calibrate warm fuzzies and potential EA Forum street cred to value/effort).
Hi Charles, thanks for the feedback!
I can definitely see that. In hindsight, I might have split the post up so I think that’s valuable feedback. The initial reason I didn’t do that was that the whole piece is quite self-referential so it made sense to be together but with a little bit of editing, it could be fixed. I might pull out excerpts and post separately in the future as there are specific section I want more feedback on so thank you for the advice!
I think it would be useful to hear your experience. I’m generally interested in the reasons why EAs might have gotten involved in protest-related movements and also why they left, so would be useful to understand.
I wouldn’t read too much into the ordering of the acknowledgements, but that’s very humble of you! The names were added mostly in chronological order of who gave feedback first so I guess thanks for being one of the early ones. I’m not sure if there is a standard formatting for acknowledgements so I just did it chronologically without really thinking about it.
Fwiw, I personally order alphabetically by first name, alphabetically by last name, or in order of how much value I got from a person’s input or how much effort they seemed to put in. Usually I go alphabetically since that requires less thought and seems less likely to annoy people (though of course it also doesn’t as accurately/effectively calibrate warm fuzzies and potential EA Forum street cred to value/effort).