I want to echo the other replies here, and thank you for how much you’ve already engaged on this post, although I can see why you want to stop now.
I did in fact round off what you were saying as being about PR risk yesterday, and I commented as such, and you replied to correct that, and I found that really helpful—I’m guessing a lot of others did too. I suppose if I had already understood, I wouldn’t have commented.
I’m not detailing specific decisions for the same reason I want to invest in fewer focus areas: additional information is used as additional attack surface area. The attitude in EA communities is “give an inch, fight a mile”. So I’ll choose to be less legible instead
At the risk of overstepping or stating the obvious:
It seems to me like there’s been less legibility lately, and I think that means that a lot more confusion brews under the surface. So more stuff boils up when there is actually an outlet.
That’s definitely not your responsibility, and it’s particularly awkward if you end up taking the brunt of it by actually stepping forward to engage. But from my perspective, you engaging here has been good in most regards, with the notable exception that it might have left you more wary to engage in future.
I want to echo the other replies here, and thank you for how much you’ve already engaged on this post, although I can see why you want to stop now.
I did in fact round off what you were saying as being about PR risk yesterday, and I commented as such, and you replied to correct that, and I found that really helpful—I’m guessing a lot of others did too. I suppose if I had already understood, I wouldn’t have commented.
At the risk of overstepping or stating the obvious:
It seems to me like there’s been less legibility lately, and I think that means that a lot more confusion brews under the surface. So more stuff boils up when there is actually an outlet.
That’s definitely not your responsibility, and it’s particularly awkward if you end up taking the brunt of it by actually stepping forward to engage. But from my perspective, you engaging here has been good in most regards, with the notable exception that it might have left you more wary to engage in future.