Another ex-GiveWell’s employee post criticizing GiveWell and the EA community was recently highly upvoted. See also Ben’s old post Effective Altruism is Self-Recommending, which is currently at +30 (a solid amount given that it was posted on the old forum, where karma totals were much lower).
I think the reason this post is at near 0 karma is because it is objectively wrong in multiple ways, and is of negative value. I would say this is clear if you engage with the comments here, on Ben’s blog, and Jeff Kaufman’s reply.
I actually interpret the voting on this post to be too positive. I think it is because EAs tend to be wary of downvoting criticisms that might be good. Ben’s previous reputation for worthwhile criticism seems to be protecting him to a certain extent.
Another ex-GiveWell’s employee post criticizing GiveWell and the EA community was recently highly upvoted. See also Ben’s old post Effective Altruism is Self-Recommending, which is currently at +30 (a solid amount given that it was posted on the old forum, where karma totals were much lower).
I think the reason this post is at near 0 karma is because it is objectively wrong in multiple ways, and is of negative value. I would say this is clear if you engage with the comments here, on Ben’s blog, and Jeff Kaufman’s reply.
I actually interpret the voting on this post to be too positive. I think it is because EAs tend to be wary of downvoting criticisms that might be good. Ben’s previous reputation for worthwhile criticism seems to be protecting him to a certain extent.