Update: as a result of feedback here and in other comments (and some independent thinking), we made a few updates to the channel.
Made new thumbnails without the clickbaity feel that the previous ones had.
Changed titles (I did that already weeks ago, but it’s worth mentioning again).
Removed the arm from the cover photo.
Removed mentions of EA from the channel description. For now, I will associate the channel with EA and LW the least I can. I will mention names of specific EA topics (e.g. Longtermism) only when I think it’s really necessary. And it will be probably never necessary to mention the EA movement itself. In this way, I can focus on improving with a lighter heart since the probability of causing PR damage is now lower. Obviously, I’ll have to relax these constraints in the future if I want to increase impact.
Hidden the weakest of the two “digital circuits in Minecraft” videos.
The future direction the channel will take is more important than previous videos, but still, I wanted to let people know that I made these changes. I wanted to make a post to explain both these changes and future directions in detail, but I don’t know if I’ll manage to finish it, so in the meanwhile, I figured that it would probably be helpful to comment here.
Update: as a result of feedback here and in other comments (and some independent thinking), we made a few updates to the channel.
Made new thumbnails without the clickbaity feel that the previous ones had.
Changed titles (I did that already weeks ago, but it’s worth mentioning again).
Removed the arm from the cover photo.
Removed mentions of EA from the channel description. For now, I will associate the channel with EA and LW the least I can. I will mention names of specific EA topics (e.g. Longtermism) only when I think it’s really necessary. And it will be probably never necessary to mention the EA movement itself. In this way, I can focus on improving with a lighter heart since the probability of causing PR damage is now lower. Obviously, I’ll have to relax these constraints in the future if I want to increase impact.
Hidden the weakest of the two “digital circuits in Minecraft” videos.
I have also read CEA’s models of community building, which were suggested in some comments.
The future direction the channel will take is more important than previous videos, but still, I wanted to let people know that I made these changes. I wanted to make a post to explain both these changes and future directions in detail, but I don’t know if I’ll manage to finish it, so in the meanwhile, I figured that it would probably be helpful to comment here.