This seems like maybe a good idea, but could you spell out your reasons? Are you just worried about anyone joining thinking that the group is about any particular thing?
(My own experience is that most people in EA view purchasing vegan food ass a good thing, and I never felt the need to explain this, or never felt that anyone was turned off by it)
In the example about careers, it could across that “do the normal thing” is a front for the more extreme thing. I think it’s worth spelling out: different people do have actually different beliefs about what you should do here.
In the example about food, it’s common that people assume I’m vegan because I serve vegan food for EA dinners. I’m not, and I don’t want to create the impression that a specific diet is a required part of EA. (I should follow my own advice and flag this a little more clearly at my own dinners!)
Ok, I take your point to be that in any area where reasonable EAs may disagree, we should make sure to flag that (which is probably most topics tbh)!
I would agree with that, and maybe the risks you’re flagging just don’t seem that serious to me because the groups I’ve been part of always have made that diversity clear 🤔
This seems like maybe a good idea, but could you spell out your reasons? Are you just worried about anyone joining thinking that the group is about any particular thing?
(My own experience is that most people in EA view purchasing vegan food ass a good thing, and I never felt the need to explain this, or never felt that anyone was turned off by it)
In the example about careers, it could across that “do the normal thing” is a front for the more extreme thing. I think it’s worth spelling out: different people do have actually different beliefs about what you should do here.
In the example about food, it’s common that people assume I’m vegan because I serve vegan food for EA dinners. I’m not, and I don’t want to create the impression that a specific diet is a required part of EA. (I should follow my own advice and flag this a little more clearly at my own dinners!)
Ok, I take your point to be that in any area where reasonable EAs may disagree, we should make sure to flag that (which is probably most topics tbh)!
I would agree with that, and maybe the risks you’re flagging just don’t seem that serious to me because the groups I’ve been part of always have made that diversity clear 🤔