There does indeed seem to be a split in the community, but I’m not sure it’s great to work towards that rather than against it. I kind of try to speak to folks in EA 2.0 occasionally despite being pretty squarely in EA 1.0 and that’s probably net positive, e.g. to avoid a complete echo chamber?
Okay, so I’m advocating two things. The first is a new piece of terminology. The second is online discussion spaces oriented around EA 1.0 (and not EA 2.0).
If people can articulate the distinction better by having this terminology, it might mean people talk past each other less, which might mean they have fewer frustrating discussions where neither person feels like they’re getting their point across. In that way, making the distinction could help people get along better rather than worse.
I’m totally against echo chambers, but the EA Forum is mostly an EA 2.0 echo chamber and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. I think there should be EA 1.0 spaces for discussion that make room for all the pro-EA 1.0 and anti-EA 2.0 conversations that can’t happen on the EA Forum. You risking winding up in just another echo chamber if you do that, so it will be up to whoever gets involved to make sure that doesn’t happen. And if people who prefer EA 1.0 want to engage with EA 2.0 discourse, the EA Forum will still be around for them to do it.
There does indeed seem to be a split in the community, but I’m not sure it’s great to work towards that rather than against it.
I kind of try to speak to folks in EA 2.0 occasionally despite being pretty squarely in EA 1.0 and that’s probably net positive, e.g. to avoid a complete echo chamber?
Okay, so I’m advocating two things. The first is a new piece of terminology. The second is online discussion spaces oriented around EA 1.0 (and not EA 2.0).
If people can articulate the distinction better by having this terminology, it might mean people talk past each other less, which might mean they have fewer frustrating discussions where neither person feels like they’re getting their point across. In that way, making the distinction could help people get along better rather than worse.
I’m totally against echo chambers, but the EA Forum is mostly an EA 2.0 echo chamber and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. I think there should be EA 1.0 spaces for discussion that make room for all the pro-EA 1.0 and anti-EA 2.0 conversations that can’t happen on the EA Forum. You risking winding up in just another echo chamber if you do that, so it will be up to whoever gets involved to make sure that doesn’t happen. And if people who prefer EA 1.0 want to engage with EA 2.0 discourse, the EA Forum will still be around for them to do it.