I’d go further and say that the FTX-ish reputation “EA is where extremely wealthy Silicon Valley nerds brag about their generosity whilst mostly funnelling money to people like them and using it as an avenue for self-promotion” also attracts the wrong sort of people—before there were people complaining about FTX being a scam, there were people complaining about the perceived ease of getting funding by FTX attracting the insincere.
(Other negative EA stereotypes contribute to putting well-intentioned people off, but I’m not sure they actually attract the wrong people)
I’d go further and say that the FTX-ish reputation “EA is where extremely wealthy Silicon Valley nerds brag about their generosity whilst mostly funnelling money to people like them and using it as an avenue for self-promotion” also attracts the wrong sort of people—before there were people complaining about FTX being a scam, there were people complaining about the perceived ease of getting funding by FTX attracting the insincere.
(Other negative EA stereotypes contribute to putting well-intentioned people off, but I’m not sure they actually attract the wrong people)