It’s also the case that the 10 Percent pledge is not the best course of action for everyone in the EA movement.
Putting an emoji by your name is just a really blunt tool and I’m not sure it’s the right tool to encourage people already interested in or part of EA to donate more.
Especially in the absence of other badges my gut is worried about this leading to unhelpful social pressure (though I’m not sure what percentage of users have the emoji etc).
This also makes the EA forum and online social spaces slightly more cult-like via increased social pressure.
It’s also the case that the 10 Percent pledge is not the best course of action for everyone in the EA movement.
Putting an emoji by your name is just a really blunt tool and I’m not sure it’s the right tool to encourage people already interested in or part of EA to donate more.
Especially in the absence of other badges my gut is worried about this leading to unhelpful social pressure (though I’m not sure what percentage of users have the emoji etc).
This also makes the EA forum and online social spaces slightly more cult-like via increased social pressure.