Definitely agree with this! I will also add that the standard Forum style is not only a barrier to non-EA readers—it can also be a barrier to writers, since people feel like they have to write in that style to be taken seriously on the Forum.
I will say that writing readable posts is hard and time-consuming,and a lot of people who post on the Forum are either not writers by specialism (they’re e.g. researchers or other professionals who are just trying to get their ideas out there), or are very pressed for time. So I do kind of understand why this situation exists.
Definitely agree with this! I will also add that the standard Forum style is not only a barrier to non-EA readers—it can also be a barrier to writers, since people feel like they have to write in that style to be taken seriously on the Forum.
I will say that writing readable posts is hard and time-consuming, and a lot of people who post on the Forum are either not writers by specialism (they’re e.g. researchers or other professionals who are just trying to get their ideas out there), or are very pressed for time. So I do kind of understand why this situation exists.