I think it is easy to grow too early, and I think that many of the naive ways of putting effort into growth would be net negative compared to the counterfactual (somewhat analagous to a company that quickly makes 1 million when it might’ve made 1 billion).
Focusing on actually making more progress with the existing people, by building more tools for them to coordinate and collaborate, seems to me the current marginal best use of resources for the community.
(I agree that effort should be spent improving the community, I just think ‘size’ isn’t the right dimension to improve.)
I think it is easy to grow too early, and I think that many of the naive ways of putting effort into growth would be net negative compared to the counterfactual (somewhat analagous to a company that quickly makes 1 million when it might’ve made 1 billion).
Focusing on actually making more progress with the existing people, by building more tools for them to coordinate and collaborate, seems to me the current marginal best use of resources for the community.
(I agree that effort should be spent improving the community, I just think ‘size’ isn’t the right dimension to improve.)
Added: I suppose I should link back to my own post on the costs of coordinating at scale.