(on phone) Thanks so much for doing this!I was going to post to request a survey today so really glad to this post. Polis seems cool and I have enjoyed using it.
I’ll take this as an opportunity to mention that I think we should normalise using consensus assessments (like something like polis or a more conventional survey) for nearly all community disagreements.
At the moment it’s usually impossible to determine what the EA community thinks on many issues. The lack of synthesis and consensus across complex debates makes it hard to update accurately.
I do also see some downside risks for example with the media so we should be careful when we do this, with the questions asked, and with how results are publicised.
Relatedly, I would like EA to have a participant panel of EA community members who can be hired for a representative sample.we would survey this group when we want to know what the community thinks and not just rely on assessing those who have the time and confidence to visit/comment/vote on the forum etc. I’d love to see that happen asap because it would be very useful at a time like now.
(on phone) Thanks so much for doing this!I was going to post to request a survey today so really glad to this post. Polis seems cool and I have enjoyed using it.
I’ll take this as an opportunity to mention that I think we should normalise using consensus assessments (like something like polis or a more conventional survey) for nearly all community disagreements.
At the moment it’s usually impossible to determine what the EA community thinks on many issues. The lack of synthesis and consensus across complex debates makes it hard to update accurately.
I do also see some downside risks for example with the media so we should be careful when we do this, with the questions asked, and with how results are publicised.
Relatedly, I would like EA to have a participant panel of EA community members who can be hired for a representative sample.we would survey this group when we want to know what the community thinks and not just rely on assessing those who have the time and confidence to visit/comment/vote on the forum etc. I’d love to see that happen asap because it would be very useful at a time like now.