Similar to Milan I agree with the main point of your comment and also think that the EA community conforms less than the majority of communities.
Maybe ironically, I also think that there is a relative lack of experience with communities in general among a lot of people interested in EA, which makes it harder for people to know what is expected, such as using group slang, strong identities, close connections and group ‘rituals’ which are very common in most communities.
Thank you, your comment made me realize both that I maybe wasn’t quite aware what meaning and connotations ‘community’ has for native speakers, and maybe that I was implicitly comparing EA against groups that aren’t a community in that sense. I guess it’s also quite unclear to me if I think it’s good for EA to be a community in this sense.
Similar to Milan I agree with the main point of your comment and also think that the EA community conforms less than the majority of communities.
Maybe ironically, I also think that there is a relative lack of experience with communities in general among a lot of people interested in EA, which makes it harder for people to know what is expected, such as using group slang, strong identities, close connections and group ‘rituals’ which are very common in most communities.
Thank you, your comment made me realize both that I maybe wasn’t quite aware what meaning and connotations ‘community’ has for native speakers, and maybe that I was implicitly comparing EA against groups that aren’t a community in that sense. I guess it’s also quite unclear to me if I think it’s good for EA to be a community in this sense.