I support this, except I do think that the upvoting and downvoting system, though noisy, is already quite useful.
I’ve also had guidance from the founder of a successful StackExchange forum that it’s often useful to keep meta-discussion separate from actual discussion, so that people can more easily appreciate the content they’re looking for, so we should look for cases where we can easily move infrastructure and culture discussions offsite to our Github page.
I worry about the problems of downvoting as new people enter the EA forum who are used to downvoting on venues like Reddit or LW, which have much more harsh approaches to downvoting. I’m concerned about setting up good structures for how we are going forward, considering that the EA movement is growing quickly. I’d like to consider a system of focusing on upvoting rather than downvoting—that way, we still get the signal about good posts, but don’t have the downsides of downvoting.
I support this, except I do think that the upvoting and downvoting system, though noisy, is already quite useful.
I’ve also had guidance from the founder of a successful StackExchange forum that it’s often useful to keep meta-discussion separate from actual discussion, so that people can more easily appreciate the content they’re looking for, so we should look for cases where we can easily move infrastructure and culture discussions offsite to our Github page.
(cross-posted from FB)
I worry about the problems of downvoting as new people enter the EA forum who are used to downvoting on venues like Reddit or LW, which have much more harsh approaches to downvoting. I’m concerned about setting up good structures for how we are going forward, considering that the EA movement is growing quickly. I’d like to consider a system of focusing on upvoting rather than downvoting—that way, we still get the signal about good posts, but don’t have the downsides of downvoting.