Interestingly this very post is probably an example of what you describe—a post that everyone in EA can find interest in, have an opinion on, and weigh in!
Create something like a subforum or separate tab for “community opinion” posts, and filter them out from the Frontpage by default
I’m pretty in favor of this. I think it’s also really weird for newcomers seeing the EA Forum for the first time to immediately be exposed to all the community discussion at the expense of object-level issues. It seems like a weird community experience which is best handled by a subforum.
I do think, though, that Community posts should not be banished from the Frontpage altogether. From the newcomer perspective, I think there’s value to having some threads on the Frontpage that are more accessible to a broad and/or less experienced audience. Moreover, if someone is visiting for the first time soon after something like the Bostrom statement or FTX situation, there is a decent chance they are specifically looking for that content and may be confused if it is more difficult to find.
There may, however, be some subset of community topics that should stay off the Frontpage.
Thanks for these flags about the newcomer experience, both. I agree that these are important considerations.
[Writing just for myself, not my employer or even my team. I am working on the Forum, and that’s probably hard to separate from my views on this topic— but this is a quickly-written comment, not something that I feedback on from the rest of the team, etc.]
Interestingly this very post is probably an example of what you describe—a post that everyone in EA can find interest in, have an opinion on, and weigh in!
I’m pretty in favor of this. I think it’s also really weird for newcomers seeing the EA Forum for the first time to immediately be exposed to all the community discussion at the expense of object-level issues. It seems like a weird community experience which is best handled by a subforum.
I do think, though, that Community posts should not be banished from the Frontpage altogether. From the newcomer perspective, I think there’s value to having some threads on the Frontpage that are more accessible to a broad and/or less experienced audience. Moreover, if someone is visiting for the first time soon after something like the Bostrom statement or FTX situation, there is a decent chance they are specifically looking for that content and may be confused if it is more difficult to find.
There may, however, be some subset of community topics that should stay off the Frontpage.
Thanks for these flags about the newcomer experience, both. I agree that these are important considerations.
[Writing just for myself, not my employer or even my team. I am working on the Forum, and that’s probably hard to separate from my views on this topic— but this is a quickly-written comment, not something that I feedback on from the rest of the team, etc.]