Hi Larks, can you elaborate in what ways profile pictures would make the forum biased, inefficient, and nepotistic? I am failing to see how pictures degrade epistemics or would lead to those things.
I’m not saying looks should matter, but they probably make the conversation easier to follow, make it easier to know/remember who you’re talking to, and make the forum friendlier (assuming enough people upload friendly photos).
Edited to add: I responded to some similar points here just now. I could see how photos could make the forum more biased, but I don’t see how it would make it inefficient or nepotistic.
I am not Larks, but I really like having the Forum as a space where appearance is ~irrelevant. There are not many such (EA) spaces and I do not want the main one where only thoughts matter being taken away. In my experience, people including EAs do treat you differently based on how you look. It is nice not to have to deal with that for once.
Hi Larks, can you elaborate in what ways profile pictures would make the forum biased, inefficient, and nepotistic? I am failing to see how pictures degrade epistemics or would lead to those things.
I’m not saying looks should matter, but they probably make the conversation easier to follow, make it easier to know/remember who you’re talking to, and make the forum friendlier (assuming enough people upload friendly photos).
Edited to add: I responded to some similar points here just now. I could see how photos could make the forum more biased, but I don’t see how it would make it inefficient or nepotistic.
I am not Larks, but I really like having the Forum as a space where appearance is ~irrelevant. There are not many such (EA) spaces and I do not want the main one where only thoughts matter being taken away. In my experience, people including EAs do treat you differently based on how you look. It is nice not to have to deal with that for once.