I think a big factor is simply that we don’t promote the forum. There’s little attempt to get new EAs to use it (e.g. no prominent links on EA.org or 80k), and there’s little attempt to market the forum more broadly (e.g. content marketing strategies).
We could easily grow the forum’s traffic if we made it a focus.
I think the point about a lack of evergreen content that’s not highly internal to the EA movement is a good one, and a shame. If we had more content like that then I would expect to see more growth. On the other hand, it’s difficult to make. Major 80k pieces can easily take a week.
I think a big factor is simply that we don’t promote the forum. There’s little attempt to get new EAs to use it (e.g. no prominent links on EA.org or 80k), and there’s little attempt to market the forum more broadly (e.g. content marketing strategies).
We could easily grow the forum’s traffic if we made it a focus.
I think the point about a lack of evergreen content that’s not highly internal to the EA movement is a good one, and a shame. If we had more content like that then I would expect to see more growth. On the other hand, it’s difficult to make. Major 80k pieces can easily take a week.