I’d love to have a weekly/monthly open post, where everyone could ask questions and post small ideas. I imagine something similar to LessWrongs “Open & Welcome Thread”. This could make some people more comfortable with starting to contribute to the forum.
I used to do these, but I think I phased them out when Shortform posts came along, as those appeared to serve a similar role (sharing things that you don’t think merit a full post).
As it turns out, while Shortform has been useful, I think it has a different feel than open threads, so bringing them back seems like a good idea. I or another moderator may start posting them soon.
I’d love to have a weekly/monthly open post, where everyone could ask questions and post small ideas. I imagine something similar to LessWrongs “Open & Welcome Thread”. This could make some people more comfortable with starting to contribute to the forum.
I used to do these, but I think I phased them out when Shortform posts came along, as those appeared to serve a similar role (sharing things that you don’t think merit a full post).
As it turns out, while Shortform has been useful, I think it has a different feel than open threads, so bringing them back seems like a good idea. I or another moderator may start posting them soon.
Perhaps this can be done without an option of voting on comments, which might make this easier for people to participate in.
Aaron used to do these, I wonder why he stopped https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/rB3kQng99cXDim7XH/open-thread-45