I’d guess donating for warm fuzzies is generally an ineffective way to gain influence/status.
As a simple and costless way to start operationalizing this disagreement, I claim that if I ask my mom (not an EA, pretty opposed to the vibe) if she’d like EA better with a 2%/8% standard, she’d prefer it and say that she’d think warmly of a movement that encouraged this style of donating. I’m only sort of being facetious here—I think having accurate models about how to build reputation for the movement are important and that EAs need a way to gather evidence and update.
As a simple and costless way to start operationalizing this disagreement, I claim that if I ask my mom (not an EA, pretty opposed to the vibe) if she’d like EA better with a 2%/8% standard, she’d prefer it and say that she’d think warmly of a movement that encouraged this style of donating. I’m only sort of being facetious here—I think having accurate models about how to build reputation for the movement are important and that EAs need a way to gather evidence and update.