Caveat: I consider these minor issues, I hope I don’t come across as too accusatory.
Interesting, why’s that? :)
It seems that the reason for cross-posting was that you personally found it interesting. If you use the EA forum team account, it sounds a bit like an “official” endorsement, and makes the Forum Team less neutral.
Even if you use another account name (eg “selected linkposts”) that is run by the Forum Team, I think there should be some explanation how those linkposts are selected, otherwise it seems like arbitrarily privileging some stuff over other stuff.
A “LinkpostBot” account would be good if the cross-posting is automated (e.g. every ACX article who mentions Effective Altruism).
I also personally feel kinda weird getting karma for just linking to someone else’s work
I think its fine to gain Karma by virtue of linkposting and being an active forum member, I will not be bothered by it and I think you should not worry about that (although i can understand that it might feel uncomfortable to you). Other people are also allowed to link-post.
Personally when I see a linkpost, I generally assume that the author here is also the original author
I think starting the title with [linkpost] fixes that issue.
Thanks! I basically landed on using my personal account since most people seem to prefer that. I suppose I’ll accept the karma if that’s what everyone else wants! :P
Honestly I think it’s somewhat misleading for me to post with my account because I am posting this in my capacity as part of the Forum Team, even though I’m still an individual making a judgement. It’s like when I get a marketing email signed by “Liz” — probably this is a real person writing the email, but it’s still more the voice of the company than of an individual, so it feels a bit misleading to say it’s from “Liz”. On the other hand, I guess all my Forum content has been in my capacity as part of the Forum Team so no reason to change that now! :)
(I also agree with your points about “LinkpostBot” feeling like it should be an automation, and that having a team account for linkposting runs the risk of making those seem privileged.)
Caveat: I consider these minor issues, I hope I don’t come across as too accusatory.
It seems that the reason for cross-posting was that you personally found it interesting. If you use the EA forum team account, it sounds a bit like an “official” endorsement, and makes the Forum Team less neutral.
Even if you use another account name (eg “selected linkposts”) that is run by the Forum Team, I think there should be some explanation how those linkposts are selected, otherwise it seems like arbitrarily privileging some stuff over other stuff.
A “LinkpostBot” account would be good if the cross-posting is automated (e.g. every ACX article who mentions Effective Altruism).
I think its fine to gain Karma by virtue of linkposting and being an active forum member, I will not be bothered by it and I think you should not worry about that (although i can understand that it might feel uncomfortable to you). Other people are also allowed to link-post.
I think starting the title with [linkpost] fixes that issue.
Thanks! I basically landed on using my personal account since most people seem to prefer that. I suppose I’ll accept the karma if that’s what everyone else wants! :P
Honestly I think it’s somewhat misleading for me to post with my account because I am posting this in my capacity as part of the Forum Team, even though I’m still an individual making a judgement. It’s like when I get a marketing email signed by “Liz” — probably this is a real person writing the email, but it’s still more the voice of the company than of an individual, so it feels a bit misleading to say it’s from “Liz”. On the other hand, I guess all my Forum content has been in my capacity as part of the Forum Team so no reason to change that now! :)
(I also agree with your points about “LinkpostBot” feeling like it should be an automation, and that having a team account for linkposting runs the risk of making those seem privileged.)