How does one do something like the “improving institutions” with the little circle so that all the forum posts under that topic pop up?
It’s just a link to the topic page, like you linked to a post. You can find all topics here https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/all (on the left on the homepage there is a “topics” link).
meta q: where one direct these types of getting starting tech support q’s?
There’s the Open Thread on the homepage, How to use the Forum, the Feature Suggestion Thread, or the support/feedback chat in the bottom right (at least on desktop)
It’s just a link to the topic page, like you linked to a post. You can find all topics here https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/all (on the left on the homepage there is a “topics” link).
There’s the Open Thread on the homepage, How to use the Forum, the Feature Suggestion Thread, or the support/feedback chat in the bottom right (at least on desktop)