What do people think about making it possible to conduct polls on the forum? This could be an easy way to gauge what EAs (or at least those who engage on this forum) think about certain issues.
I’ve just realised that Facebook polls can’t be made anonymous which is a bit of a drawback, although one could just link to an external poll.
I think polls might be a decent idea for the EA Forum, but I suspect only if they’re away from the main page. I don’t think it’s worth congesting the main page anymore than it already is.
What do people think about making it possible to conduct polls on the forum? This could be an easy way to gauge what EAs (or at least those who engage on this forum) think about certain issues.
I’ll ask LessWrong if they’ve been working on anything like this (as they have a bigger team, and most of our code comes from them).
Meanwhile, I run Effective Altruism Polls for exactly that purpose!
I’ve just realised that Facebook polls can’t be made anonymous which is a bit of a drawback, although one could just link to an external poll.
I think polls might be a decent idea for the EA Forum, but I suspect only if they’re away from the main page. I don’t think it’s worth congesting the main page anymore than it already is.
Thanks, I actually wasn’t aware that Facebook group existed.