What product [I’m asking for a concrete example] would you put on this marketplace?
What “cost” of being a bad buyer/seller [I’m asking for a concrete example] might you suggest?
Do you think that having such a cost would create a more healthy situation than a negative review on Amazon?
My main reason for voting “no” is that I don’t expect good answers to these questions, so if you have such answers (which cause me to also say “yes” to question 3), that would probably change my mind somewhat.
My secondary (but still big) pushback is that marketplaces need a critical mass of buyers and sellers, and creating such a critical mass is hard (and, in my opinion, a core problem and not a side note that can surely be solved somehow).
I do, btw, think that improving the level of marketplaces in the world is generally really great if it can somehow be done.
The people that need these things are not all here. I would suggest you consider posting this in other EA communities like the facebook groups and see if you can get more opinions. In my opinion, such website does not necessarily need to have thousands of users to be highly effective. One does not need to have “critical mass” in the common sense of the word in relationship to large scales. If a handful of people per week regularly use and routinely find solutions from such a “marketplace”, it can still be said to be effective because with every connection made and solution found via the platform, many hours will be saved (time that would have been spent looking for and screening various providers if there was no marketplace like this).
What product [I’m asking for a concrete example] would you put on this marketplace?
What “cost” of being a bad buyer/seller [I’m asking for a concrete example] might you suggest?
Do you think that having such a cost would create a more healthy situation than a negative review on Amazon?
My main reason for voting “no” is that I don’t expect good answers to these questions, so if you have such answers (which cause me to also say “yes” to question 3), that would probably change my mind somewhat.
My secondary (but still big) pushback is that marketplaces need a critical mass of buyers and sellers, and creating such a critical mass is hard (and, in my opinion, a core problem and not a side note that can surely be solved somehow).
I do, btw, think that improving the level of marketplaces in the world is generally really great if it can somehow be done.
Products / Services examples
Overcome, the world greatest mental health charity, offer free behaviour change coaching for EAs (I’m not biased)
GoalsWon offer free accountability buddy services to EAs (especially founders)
Amber Dawn does paid editing for EA forum posts
There’s a bunch of therapists who specialise in EAs
I offer coaching for EAs wanting to start a charity on a tiny budget, and writing/editing for important emails / grant applications etc
Mind Ease have an app they’re willing to give to EAs for free (anxiety).
There’s a load of EAs building their own products (EA Entrepreneurs) who you could support by buying their stuff
Ah, this sounds more like what I’d call a “list of services” and less like like what I’d call a “marketplace”.
What I mean by this is “very few (even only 1) provider in each category” (as opposed to trying to get many providers to compete).
I’d also be happy if such providers would have an open way of getting long text feedback publicly (as opposed to only 1-5 stars)
Critical mass could indeed be hard, I’m making this post to see if there’s enough demand to make it worth the while.
The people that need these things are not all here. I would suggest you consider posting this in other EA communities like the facebook groups and see if you can get more opinions. In my opinion, such website does not necessarily need to have thousands of users to be highly effective. One does not need to have “critical mass” in the common sense of the word in relationship to large scales. If a handful of people per week regularly use and routinely find solutions from such a “marketplace”, it can still be said to be effective because with every connection made and solution found via the platform, many hours will be saved (time that would have been spent looking for and screening various providers if there was no marketplace like this).
Costs of being bad
Big community = being terrible is easy to get away with. You’re less likely to see people again
Small comuunity = being terrible is hard to get away with.
Whole internet = big EA = small