Bravo for writing this stuff up, glad to see that.
I actually didn’t realise that this elephant was an elephant? Indeed, I had the impression that paid ads had been used already by other EA orgs (if memory serves correctly, by EAG, 80k, and SoGive) so I thought they were considered to have legitimacy, as far as I was aware.
You might be right! My impression was based on talking to a handful of people within community building, about fellowship programs specifically—that might be what explains our different impressions (although I’m sure there are plenty of people who are excited about paid ads within this niche too!)
Bravo for writing this stuff up, glad to see that.
I actually didn’t realise that this elephant was an elephant? Indeed, I had the impression that paid ads had been used already by other EA orgs (if memory serves correctly, by EAG, 80k, and SoGive) so I thought they were considered to have legitimacy, as far as I was aware.
You might be right! My impression was based on talking to a handful of people within community building, about fellowship programs specifically—that might be what explains our different impressions (although I’m sure there are plenty of people who are excited about paid ads within this niche too!)