A lot of these suggestions make sense, but it’s very hard to anticipate in advance what will work!
So I would just adopt a ‘rapid prototyping’/‘agile marketing’ mindset in trying these things out, and be willing to update and improve them over a few iterated cycles, without expecting that we’ll get everything right the first time.
For example, I think it could be helpful to have a few different emoji-type reactions available, but I have no idea whether the optimal number of these is closer to 3, or closer to 8. I guess if you try some, it would be important to gather ongoing data about which ones are used most often, which ones provoke the most puzzlement or frustration, etc.
We could also nudge some of our EA Forum norms a little bit, reminding people it’s OK to leave quite short comments (whether supportive or critical)-- maybe especially on posts that we like, but that are getting a bit neglected by others, in ways that might be disappointing to the authors.
Fair points, we’ll definitely be iterating on this as we learn what works, and I should have been clear that this isn’t the one and only decision point!
A lot of these suggestions make sense, but it’s very hard to anticipate in advance what will work!
So I would just adopt a ‘rapid prototyping’/‘agile marketing’ mindset in trying these things out, and be willing to update and improve them over a few iterated cycles, without expecting that we’ll get everything right the first time.
For example, I think it could be helpful to have a few different emoji-type reactions available, but I have no idea whether the optimal number of these is closer to 3, or closer to 8. I guess if you try some, it would be important to gather ongoing data about which ones are used most often, which ones provoke the most puzzlement or frustration, etc.
We could also nudge some of our EA Forum norms a little bit, reminding people it’s OK to leave quite short comments (whether supportive or critical)-- maybe especially on posts that we like, but that are getting a bit neglected by others, in ways that might be disappointing to the authors.
Fair points, we’ll definitely be iterating on this as we learn what works, and I should have been clear that this isn’t the one and only decision point!