When we did them once a month they got only a few comments, but I’d say that’s no problem and they’re still helpful. We added that link to them in the sidebar, so that’s a reason to keep them up. We should change the intro text to explicitly welcome people new to EA with any sorts of questions or observations.
(There’s a whole set up procedure for them that they follow, including there being once a month. It’s part of their procedure for doing the EA Newsletter to post an open thread with its contents at the same time. What sort of a board member are you not knowing every single detail? :p ;) )
I think it’s useful to have a place to post for those who don’t have enough karma for a full post. As for “things that are awesome, but not awesome enough to be full posts”, isn’t the EA facebook group to be a suitable place for this?
How often do people want to see Open Threads? Are they useful?
Monthly or perhaps every 2 months.
I would be happy to see them once every other month or so.
When we did them once a month they got only a few comments, but I’d say that’s no problem and they’re still helpful. We added that link to them in the sidebar, so that’s a reason to keep them up. We should change the intro text to explicitly welcome people new to EA with any sorts of questions or observations.
Standardizing / fixing the intro text sounds good to me.
Is there a way to get the sidebar link to automatically update?
Yes, the .impact team has the details—probably neatest if I don’t post it here!
(There’s a whole set up procedure for them that they follow, including there being once a month. It’s part of their procedure for doing the EA Newsletter to post an open thread with its contents at the same time. What sort of a board member are you not knowing every single detail? :p ;) )
I think it’s useful to have a place to post for those who don’t have enough karma for a full post. As for “things that are awesome, but not awesome enough to be full posts”, isn’t the EA facebook group to be a suitable place for this?