Peter Hurford estimates that 40% of people who get excited enough about EA to fill out the annual EA survey end up exiting the community within 5 years.
(Current estimates of EA’s 5-year retention rate range between 16% and 74%, depending on how you measure it.)
Boosting EA’s retention rate could be very leveraged, given that it takes a lot of labor to onboard each new person into the milieu.
Given the present distribution of EA “meta” labor, should Effective Altruism focus on outreach or retention, on the margin?
[Question] On the margin, should EA focus on outreach or retention?
Peter Hurford estimates that 40% of people who get excited enough about EA to fill out the annual EA survey end up exiting the community within 5 years.
(Current estimates of EA’s 5-year retention rate range between 16% and 74%, depending on how you measure it.)
Boosting EA’s retention rate could be very leveraged, given that it takes a lot of labor to onboard each new person into the milieu.
Given the present distribution of EA “meta” labor, should Effective Altruism focus on outreach or retention, on the margin?