Thanks for laying out your view in such detail, Patrick!
I find it hard to grasp how the EA Forum can be so narrow—given there are no Fora / equivalents for the other brands you mention.
E.g. I still expect the EA Forum is widely perceived as the main place where community discussion happens beyond the narrow mandate you outline so which attentional priorities will be set here will be seen as a broader reflection of the movement than what I think you intend.
I think the main issue is that I was interpreting your point about the public forum’s perception as a fear that people outside could see EA as weird (in a broad sense). I would be fine with this.
But at the same time, I hope that people already interested in EA don’t get the impression from the forum that the topics are limited. On the contrary, I would love to have many discussions here, not restricted by fear of outside perception.
Thanks for laying out your view in such detail, Patrick!
I find it hard to grasp how the EA Forum can be so narrow—given there are no Fora / equivalents for the other brands you mention.
E.g. I still expect the EA Forum is widely perceived as the main place where community discussion happens beyond the narrow mandate you outline so which attentional priorities will be set here will be seen as a broader reflection of the movement than what I think you intend.
I think the main issue is that I was interpreting your point about the public forum’s perception as a fear that people outside could see EA as weird (in a broad sense). I would be fine with this.
But at the same time, I hope that people already interested in EA don’t get the impression from the forum that the topics are limited. On the contrary, I would love to have many discussions here, not restricted by fear of outside perception.