I guess that the main problem isn’t that some posts are objectively undervalued, but rather that it’s hard to find those old posts that are right specifically for you.
Yep this is an important point and the algorithmic approaches probably make more sense in light of this. Reflecting on your response and Emrik’s, I agree that either credit is a sufficient motivator if we have the correct cultural norms or a good recommendation system would do the trick. Also agree that botting could be a problem.
Short-term Incentives and downside risk aside, I do worry about uneven funding of positive impact in this community. Sometimes, as in the case of forums, it may be that there are bigger motivators in the short term outside of money. However, I’m generally wary of creating a system where there are super imbalanced monetary returns to impact. It doesn’t feel right to me that you could get hired at an ea ORG and do f tier at your job and get paid whatever the going rate is, while someone else produces an influential forum post and receives no money for it (and even if you are bad at your job, having that job will probably help you secure your next ea job more than actually creating positive impact). I can’t say I’m sure that evening-out funding streams would actually have long-term positive outcomes, though I do think there is a legitimate argument to be made. I’m not really proposing we change anything, just throwing out a vague concern I have.
Yep this is an important point and the algorithmic approaches probably make more sense in light of this. Reflecting on your response and Emrik’s, I agree that either credit is a sufficient motivator if we have the correct cultural norms or a good recommendation system would do the trick. Also agree that botting could be a problem.
Short-term Incentives and downside risk aside, I do worry about uneven funding of positive impact in this community. Sometimes, as in the case of forums, it may be that there are bigger motivators in the short term outside of money. However, I’m generally wary of creating a system where there are super imbalanced monetary returns to impact. It doesn’t feel right to me that you could get hired at an ea ORG and do f tier at your job and get paid whatever the going rate is, while someone else produces an influential forum post and receives no money for it (and even if you are bad at your job, having that job will probably help you secure your next ea job more than actually creating positive impact). I can’t say I’m sure that evening-out funding streams would actually have long-term positive outcomes, though I do think there is a legitimate argument to be made. I’m not really proposing we change anything, just throwing out a vague concern I have.