This post has five comments; one offers a critique, and the other four are extremely positive. All four positive comments come from accounts which, like that of the post, are newly registered with no sign of other interaction. Unlike PabloAMC’s comment, none of the four display much familiarity with EA principles or considerations. They have low karma / vote ratios*, suggesting they were upvoted by sub-1000 karma accounts, and possibly strongly upvoted once by a 10+ karma account.
All four positive comments come from accounts which, like that of the post, are newly registered with no sign of other interaction. Unlike PabloAMC’s comment, none of the four display much familiarity with EA principles or considerations.
This is a good observation. You were not the only one to notice this.
Note that Nico Stubler is an activist and it is reasonable and plausible that he has organically encouraged people to comment.
Given his activism and public profile, it seems appropriate to show his LinkedIn here that shows his background, which seems pretty extensive.
yupp, i did share this post on my instagram story, and invited folk who have experience/opinions (positive or negative) on the Pledge to contribute. it seems to me that people who have direct experience with the Pledge and/or have spent considerable time thinking about it prior to this post could contribute worthwhile comments to the discussion 👍
This post has five comments; one offers a critique, and the other four are extremely positive. All four positive comments come from accounts which, like that of the post, are newly registered with no sign of other interaction. Unlike PabloAMC’s comment, none of the four display much familiarity with EA principles or considerations. They have low karma / vote ratios*, suggesting they were upvoted by sub-1000 karma accounts, and possibly strongly upvoted once by a 10+ karma account.
* 6⁄5, 5⁄4, 4⁄4, 4⁄3 at time of writing.
This is a good observation. You were not the only one to notice this.
Note that Nico Stubler is an activist and it is reasonable and plausible that he has organically encouraged people to comment.
Given his activism and public profile, it seems appropriate to show his LinkedIn here that shows his background, which seems pretty extensive.
hey Charles,
yupp, i did share this post on my instagram story, and invited folk who have experience/opinions (positive or negative) on the Pledge to contribute. it seems to me that people who have direct experience with the Pledge and/or have spent considerable time thinking about it prior to this post could contribute worthwhile comments to the discussion 👍
hey Larks. thanks for that analysis.
is it not a positive outcome that this post is drawing new members to the EA Forum and community?
I do think it is good to have the EA forum as a place of discussion and disagreement on how to improve the world.