While trying not to be ungenerous, this new post of “EA not funding country” aspect seems to fit into the above schema, whose goal seems to be drawing attention to their rejection (or relitigating it outright).
It’s bad if the post series of the OP is mischaracterizing these events, which I think is happening in the case of the grantmaker and now in this post about EA and countries.
I also don’t think it is good to say “Founder of EA <Country/Region/City>”, unless this is a claim for unusual/special activity or accomplishments that is distinct from normal community building.
Some people in the comments were saying that EA orgs don’t want to give feedback because it could cause complaints online, but my guess is that giving feedback would’ve reduced online complaints in this particular instance.
While trying not to be ungenerous, this new post of “EA not funding country” aspect seems to fit into the above schema, whose goal seems to be drawing attention to their rejection (or relitigating it outright).
I’m not surprised that you have this impression, which is one of the reasons why I was anxious about posting about my experience, but let me explain how I approached it:
After my first rejection, my posts were genuinely only trying to learn more so that I could write a better application in the future. After my second rejection, I lost hope of getting funded so I really have no intention of “relitigating” anything. I posted about my “clash” because I wasn’t sure how to deal with it and I needed some advice, and I am posting about this now because I think EAIF/CEA should be more transparent about how they prioritize different countries. But yes, I understand that if I prolong this discussion too much it can get repetitive, so I will only write one more post about it trying to summarize my whole experience and give some constructive feedback.
I also don’t think it is good to say “Founder of EA <Country/Region/City>”, unless this is a claim for unusual/special activity or accomplishments that is distinct from normal community building.
I just started the group, I am not claiming any special accomplishments. I just mentioned it because I believe it’s relevant information. Do you think I should phrase it in some other way?
The OP has posted multiple times in the past about their unsuccessful attempts to get EAIF funding.
Their EAIF application directly
Their fellowship program.
Their blog posts.
Some sort of clash with a grant maker (this seems bad in several ways).
While trying not to be ungenerous, this new post of “EA not funding country” aspect seems to fit into the above schema, whose goal seems to be drawing attention to their rejection (or relitigating it outright).
It’s bad if the post series of the OP is mischaracterizing these events, which I think is happening in the case of the grantmaker and now in this post about EA and countries.
I also don’t think it is good to say “Founder of EA <Country/Region/City>”, unless this is a claim for unusual/special activity or accomplishments that is distinct from normal community building.
See related post: The Cost of Rejection
Some people in the comments were saying that EA orgs don’t want to give feedback because it could cause complaints online, but my guess is that giving feedback would’ve reduced online complaints in this particular instance.
I’m not surprised that you have this impression, which is one of the reasons why I was anxious about posting about my experience, but let me explain how I approached it:
After my first rejection, my posts were genuinely only trying to learn more so that I could write a better application in the future. After my second rejection, I lost hope of getting funded so I really have no intention of “relitigating” anything. I posted about my “clash” because I wasn’t sure how to deal with it and I needed some advice, and I am posting about this now because I think EAIF/CEA should be more transparent about how they prioritize different countries. But yes, I understand that if I prolong this discussion too much it can get repetitive, so I will only write one more post about it trying to summarize my whole experience and give some constructive feedback.
I just started the group, I am not claiming any special accomplishments. I just mentioned it because I believe it’s relevant information. Do you think I should phrase it in some other way?