FWIW, I think about this quite differently. My mental model is more along the lines of “EAs should hold EA charities to the same or higher standards of public evaluation (in terms of frequency and quality) as comparable (in terms of size and type of work) charities outside of EA.” I think the effective altruism homepage does a pretty good job of encapsulating those standards (“We should evaluate the work that charities do, and value transparency and good evidence”). The fact that this statement links to GiveWell (along with lots of other EA discourse) implies that we generally think that evaluation should be public.
Thanks for sharing your thinking on this.
FWIW, I think about this quite differently. My mental model is more along the lines of “EAs should hold EA charities to the same or higher standards of public evaluation (in terms of frequency and quality) as comparable (in terms of size and type of work) charities outside of EA.” I think the effective altruism homepage does a pretty good job of encapsulating those standards (“We should evaluate the work that charities do, and value transparency and good evidence”). The fact that this statement links to GiveWell (along with lots of other EA discourse) implies that we generally think that evaluation should be public.