I agree with this philosophy, but remain unsure about the extent to which strong material appears on various platforms (I sometimes do reach out to people who have written good blog posts or Facebook posts to send my regards and invite them to cross-post; this is a big part of Ben Kuhnâs recent posts have appeared on the Forum, and one of those did win a prize).
Aside from 1000-person-plus groups like âEffective Altruismâ and âEA Hangoutâ, are there any Facebook groups that you think regularly feature strong contributions? (Iâve seen plenty of good posts come out of smaller groups, but given the sheer number of groups, I doubt that the list of those I check includes everything it should.)
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I follow all the Twitter accounts you mentioned. While I canât think of recent top-level Tweets from those accounts that feel like good Prize candidates, I think the Tom Inglesby thread is great!
One benefit of the Forum Prize is that it (ideally) incentivizes people to come and post things on the Forum, and to put more effort into producing really strong posts. It also reaches people who deliberately worked to contribute to the community. If someone like Tom Inglesby was suddenly offered, say, $200 for writing a great Twitter thread, itâs very unclear to me whether this would lead to any change in his behavior (and it might come across as very odd). Maybe not including any money, but simply cross-posting the thread and granting some kind of honorary award, could be better.
Another benefit: The Forum is centralized, and itâs easy for judges to see every post. If someone wants to Tweet about EA and they arenât already a central figure, we might have a hard time finding their material (and weâre much more likely to spot, by happenstance, posts made by people who have lots of followers).
That said, thereâs merit to thinking about ways we can reach out to send strong complimentary signals to people who produce EA-relevant things even if theyâre unaware of the movementâs existence. Thanks for these suggestions!
I agree with this philosophy, but remain unsure about the extent to which strong material appears on various platforms (I sometimes do reach out to people who have written good blog posts or Facebook posts to send my regards and invite them to cross-post; this is a big part of Ben Kuhnâs recent posts have appeared on the Forum, and one of those did win a prize).
Aside from 1000-person-plus groups like âEffective Altruismâ and âEA Hangoutâ, are there any Facebook groups that you think regularly feature strong contributions? (Iâve seen plenty of good posts come out of smaller groups, but given the sheer number of groups, I doubt that the list of those I check includes everything it should.)
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I follow all the Twitter accounts you mentioned. While I canât think of recent top-level Tweets from those accounts that feel like good Prize candidates, I think the Tom Inglesby thread is great!
One benefit of the Forum Prize is that it (ideally) incentivizes people to come and post things on the Forum, and to put more effort into producing really strong posts. It also reaches people who deliberately worked to contribute to the community. If someone like Tom Inglesby was suddenly offered, say, $200 for writing a great Twitter thread, itâs very unclear to me whether this would lead to any change in his behavior (and it might come across as very odd). Maybe not including any money, but simply cross-posting the thread and granting some kind of honorary award, could be better.
Another benefit: The Forum is centralized, and itâs easy for judges to see every post. If someone wants to Tweet about EA and they arenât already a central figure, we might have a hard time finding their material (and weâre much more likely to spot, by happenstance, posts made by people who have lots of followers).
That said, thereâs merit to thinking about ways we can reach out to send strong complimentary signals to people who produce EA-relevant things even if theyâre unaware of the movementâs existence. Thanks for these suggestions!