It would be really useful if this was split up into separate comments that could be upvoted/downvoted separately.
+1. I have pretty different thoughts about many of the points you raise.
I don’t think karma/voting system should be given that much attention or should be used as a highly visible feedback on project funding.
I do think that it would help independently of that by allowing more focused discussion on individual issues.
To clarify—agree with the benefits of splitting the discussion threads for readability, but I was unenthusiastic about the motivation be voting.
{Made this a top-level comment at Oli’s request.}
(Will reply to this if you make it a top-level comment, like the others)
K, it’s now top-level.
Ought: why provide $50,000 to Ought rather than ~$15,000, given that they’re not funding constrained?
(Top-level seems better, but will reply here anyway)
The Ought grant was one of the grants I was least involved in, so I can’t speak super much to the motivation behind that one. I think you will want to get Matt Wage’s thoughts on that.
Cool, do you know if he’s reading & reacting to this thread?
Don’t know. My guess is he will probably read it, but I don’t know whether he will have the time to respond to comments.
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It would be really useful if this was split up into separate comments that could be upvoted/downvoted separately.
+1. I have pretty different thoughts about many of the points you raise.
I don’t think karma/voting system should be given that much attention or should be used as a highly visible feedback on project funding.
I do think that it would help independently of that by allowing more focused discussion on individual issues.
To clarify—agree with the benefits of splitting the discussion threads for readability, but I was unenthusiastic about the motivation be voting.
{Made this a top-level comment at Oli’s request.}
(Will reply to this if you make it a top-level comment, like the others)
K, it’s now top-level.
Ought: why provide $50,000 to Ought rather than ~$15,000, given that they’re not funding constrained?
(Top-level seems better, but will reply here anyway)
The Ought grant was one of the grants I was least involved in, so I can’t speak super much to the motivation behind that one. I think you will want to get Matt Wage’s thoughts on that.
Cool, do you know if he’s reading & reacting to this thread?
Don’t know. My guess is he will probably read it, but I don’t know whether he will have the time to respond to comments.