I’ve also thought about this as a way to minimize bandwagoning and “hero worshiping[1].” I remember seeing posts by well-known and influential people that I thought were fine/good, but not amazing/great, and within a few hours of posting the posts already had a lot more upvotes than a fine/good post by a not well-known author. I don’t have specific examples off the top of my head, but I can easily imagine two posts of equivalent value/quality getting very different engagement based on who the author is.
I really don’t like this term, and my guess is that well-known and influential people in EA also don’t like this term being used to refer to them. But I can’t think of a word that means something roughly similar but on a lower intensity.
I’ve also thought about this as a way to minimize bandwagoning and “hero worshiping[1].” I remember seeing posts by well-known and influential people that I thought were fine/good, but not amazing/great, and within a few hours of posting the posts already had a lot more upvotes than a fine/good post by a not well-known author. I don’t have specific examples off the top of my head, but I can easily imagine two posts of equivalent value/quality getting very different engagement based on who the author is.
I really don’t like this term, and my guess is that well-known and influential people in EA also don’t like this term being used to refer to them. But I can’t think of a word that means something roughly similar but on a lower intensity.