Yep, I came to ask whether people could brainstorm alternatives. Any ideas? Ideally these wouldn’t contain value judgements—the terms that people first encounter are bad places for value judgements anyway. “Dedicated” vs. “highly dedicated” is a very nice idea, but sounds a little too artificial and ‘PC’ to catch on.
Perhaps EA leader vs just EA, without an adjective? That way, there is an especially positive associated with a higher commitment, and somewhat positive with just being an EA participant.
Oh, I find ‘leader’ much more off-putting and elitist! EA already puts a lot of people off with status hierarchies, fanboyism and hero worship. ‘Part-time’ and ‘full-time’ are the most popular suggestions from the other thread, and are better.
I totally agree, came here to make the same comment.
Yep, I came to ask whether people could brainstorm alternatives. Any ideas? Ideally these wouldn’t contain value judgements—the terms that people first encounter are bad places for value judgements anyway. “Dedicated” vs. “highly dedicated” is a very nice idea, but sounds a little too artificial and ‘PC’ to catch on.
Perhaps EA leader vs just EA, without an adjective? That way, there is an especially positive associated with a higher commitment, and somewhat positive with just being an EA participant.
Oh, I find ‘leader’ much more off-putting and elitist! EA already puts a lot of people off with status hierarchies, fanboyism and hero worship. ‘Part-time’ and ‘full-time’ are the most popular suggestions from the other thread, and are better.
Ok, I see your point, full-time and part-time is good. We might want to do a FB poll in the EA FB group once we get a number of options.