Hi all! Recently found this community and I’m really impressed with the discourse here!
This is kind of meta and not about EA per se, but from a community-builder’s perspective I was wondering how this forum is moderated (self or otherwise), and how it was built up to such a vibrant space! Are there other forums like this (I know lesswrong runs on a similar-looking community blogging model)? Have there been any moderation challenges?
background: I’ve been thinking of ways to build community in another setting that is more “lay audience.” While I have a strong affinity for the “academic-ish” and “open-source-ish” standards that this EA forum seems to be able to maintain, I also recognize that these practices 1) take effort and 2) are probably not the default mode of being for most people. I’m curious about how to make these standards simple and concise enough to be grasped, but not over-simplified.
Hi all! Recently found this community and I’m really impressed with the discourse here!
This is kind of meta and not about EA per se, but from a community-builder’s perspective I was wondering how this forum is moderated (self or otherwise), and how it was built up to such a vibrant space! Are there other forums like this (I know lesswrong runs on a similar-looking community blogging model)? Have there been any moderation challenges?
I read through some of these posts (https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/discussion-norms) but would appreciate any other links people might have.
background: I’ve been thinking of ways to build community in another setting that is more “lay audience.” While I have a strong affinity for the “academic-ish” and “open-source-ish” standards that this EA forum seems to be able to maintain, I also recognize that these practices 1) take effort and 2) are probably not the default mode of being for most people. I’m curious about how to make these standards simple and concise enough to be grasped, but not over-simplified.