I think that this may make sense / probably makes sense for receiving payment for book reviews. But I think I’d be opposed to discouraging people from just posting book summaries/reviews/notes in general unless they do this.
Yep, agreed. If someone is creating e.g. an EAIF-funded book review, I want it to feel very “solid”, like I can really trust what they’re saying and what the author is saying.
But I also want Forum users to feel comfortable writing less time-intensive content (like your book notes). That’s why we encourage epistemic statuses, have Shortform as an option, etc.
(Though it helps if, even for a shorter set of notes, someone can add a note about their process. As an example: “Copying over the most interesting bits and my immediate impressions. I haven’t fact-checked anything, looked for other perspectives, etc.”)
Yeah, I entirely agree, and your comment makes me realise that, although I make my process fairly obvious in my posts, I should probably in future add almost the exact sentences “I haven’t fact-checked anything, looked for other perspectives, etc.”, just to make that extra explicit. (I didn’t interpret your comment as directed at my posts specifically—I’m just reporting a useful takeaway for me personally.)
Yep, agreed. If someone is creating e.g. an EAIF-funded book review, I want it to feel very “solid”, like I can really trust what they’re saying and what the author is saying.
But I also want Forum users to feel comfortable writing less time-intensive content (like your book notes). That’s why we encourage epistemic statuses, have Shortform as an option, etc.
(Though it helps if, even for a shorter set of notes, someone can add a note about their process. As an example: “Copying over the most interesting bits and my immediate impressions. I haven’t fact-checked anything, looked for other perspectives, etc.”)
Yeah, I entirely agree, and your comment makes me realise that, although I make my process fairly obvious in my posts, I should probably in future add almost the exact sentences “I haven’t fact-checked anything, looked for other perspectives, etc.”, just to make that extra explicit. (I didn’t interpret your comment as directed at my posts specifically—I’m just reporting a useful takeaway for me personally.)