I continue to object to a norm of running posts by organizations that the posts are talking about. From many interviews with posters to LW and the EA Forum over the years I know that the chilling effects would be massive, and this norm has already multiple times prevented important things from being said, because it doubled or tripled the cost of publishing things that talk about organizations.
Yeah, I agree with this too. I don’t think MIRI staff are scared to poke DM about things, but I like taking opportunities to make it clear “it’s OK to talk about MIRI, DM, etc. without checking in with us privately first”, because I expect that a lot of people with good thoughts and questions will get stuck on scenarios like ‘intimidated by the idea of shooting MIRI an email’, ‘doesn’t know who to contact at MIRI’, ‘doesn’t want to deal with the hassle of an email back-and-forth’, etc.
I think it’s good to have ‘send drafts to the org in advance’ as an option that feels available to you. I just don’t want it to feel like a requirement.
(It also seems fine to me to send posts about MIRI to me after posting them. This makes it less likely that I just don’t notice the post exists, and gives me a chance to respond while the post is fresh and people are paying attention to it, while reducing the risk that good thoughts just never get posted.)
I continue to object to a norm of running posts by organizations that the posts are talking about. From many interviews with posters to LW and the EA Forum over the years I know that the chilling effects would be massive, and this norm has already multiple times prevented important things from being said, because it doubled or tripled the cost of publishing things that talk about organizations.
Yeah, I agree with this too. I don’t think MIRI staff are scared to poke DM about things, but I like taking opportunities to make it clear “it’s OK to talk about MIRI, DM, etc. without checking in with us privately first”, because I expect that a lot of people with good thoughts and questions will get stuck on scenarios like ‘intimidated by the idea of shooting MIRI an email’, ‘doesn’t know who to contact at MIRI’, ‘doesn’t want to deal with the hassle of an email back-and-forth’, etc.
I think it’s good to have ‘send drafts to the org in advance’ as an option that feels available to you. I just don’t want it to feel like a requirement.
(It also seems fine to me to send posts about MIRI to me after posting them. This makes it less likely that I just don’t notice the post exists, and gives me a chance to respond while the post is fresh and people are paying attention to it, while reducing the risk that good thoughts just never get posted.)