Hey Aaron, great post. Maybe this isn’t the best place to ask this, but should posts like these be tagged with the 80,000 Hours tag? We’ve discussed the tagging system in my recent post, but I’m still not sure when certain tags should be used. When I look at the 80,000 hours tag, almost all posts are from the 80,000 hours account. But the two bottom onesaren’t. So should this tag to be used exclusively by the 80,000 hours account, or should it be used when people talk about 80,000 hours in general? And is mentioning them/their research in the post enough, or should the post be about 80,000 hours before you can tag it?
Of course, I’m just using 80,000 hours as an example. What I’m really asking is if we should create a tag guideline. Something like the New Tag Guidelines from Less Wrong. (I would be willing to write it if you want)
Also, for a totally unrelated comment. Congratulations on your satisfying karma-score milestone:
No need to ask permission to use a tag! Just tag the post with a tag you think belongs there. If others disagree, they’ll vote the tag back off, and hopefully we reach some kind of reasonable consensus in almost all cases. That’s why we have our voting system.
(I don’t have a perfect mental list of every tag, so I tend to add tags until I can go a few seconds without thinking of another one that belongs, and then stop—trusting that others will add more relevant tags if they think of something I missed.)
Hey Aaron, great post.
Maybe this isn’t the best place to ask this, but should posts like these be tagged with the 80,000 Hours tag? We’ve discussed the tagging system in my recent post, but I’m still not sure when certain tags should be used. When I look at the 80,000 hours tag, almost all posts are from the 80,000 hours account. But the two bottom ones aren’t. So should this tag to be used exclusively by the 80,000 hours account, or should it be used when people talk about 80,000 hours in general? And is mentioning them/their research in the post enough, or should the post be about 80,000 hours before you can tag it?
Of course, I’m just using 80,000 hours as an example. What I’m really asking is if we should create a tag guideline. Something like the New Tag Guidelines from Less Wrong. (I would be willing to write it if you want)
Also, for a totally unrelated comment. Congratulations on your satisfying karma-score milestone:
No need to ask permission to use a tag! Just tag the post with a tag you think belongs there. If others disagree, they’ll vote the tag back off, and hopefully we reach some kind of reasonable consensus in almost all cases. That’s why we have our voting system.
(I don’t have a perfect mental list of every tag, so I tend to add tags until I can go a few seconds without thinking of another one that belongs, and then stop—trusting that others will add more relevant tags if they think of something I missed.)