I got a reply to this as a private message from someone who says they don’t feel comfortable criticizing OP in public:
I wonder if you’ve considered whether it’s reasonable that a large foundation calls itself “Open” Philanthropy even though it decided 6 years ago that openness is not that important to it? I’ve seen EAs criticize OpenAI for not being open but profiting off its name, but no EA criticize Open Philanthropy for the same. Curious to hear what you think.
I replied: I think the name is a somewhat bad fit for the organization, and reflects that their views on transparency changed over time (mostly in their first few years). But they’re still much more open than most foundations, and I don’t think it’s a bad fit to the point that they should change their name.
(They said it was fine to post our exchange publicly.)
I got a reply to this as a private message from someone who says they don’t feel comfortable criticizing OP in public:
I replied: I think the name is a somewhat bad fit for the organization, and reflects that their views on transparency changed over time (mostly in their first few years). But they’re still much more open than most foundations, and I don’t think it’s a bad fit to the point that they should change their name.
(They said it was fine to post our exchange publicly.)