8. Basically all the rest of the value that comes from the Forum (more on this in the appendix) is downstream of having a strong community of people contributing/writing on the Forum.
a. For example, I think the Forum creates a significant amount of good in the world by helping people find impactful work (ex. job postings) and improve their donations (ex. by reading about work from organizations). However, I believe that is not typically why people come to the Forum, and so this value is downstream of having a strong core community of individuals writing posts and comments.
I think it would be better to focus more explicitly on how the EA Forum results in improved donations and career choices, as these are better proxies for impact than lead indicators like the number of posts, comments, or user-hours. I would also be deliberate about which areas are more cost-effective. I believe increasing donations to the best animal welfare interventions is way more valuable than to the best in human welfare[1] (including not only global health and development, but also global catastrophic risk).
I estimate broiler welfare and cage-free campaigns are 168 and 462 times as cost-effective as GiveWell’s top charities, which are thought to be among the best human welfare interventions, and that the Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) has been 64.3 k times as cost-effective as such charities.
I think it would be better to focus more explicitly on how the EA Forum results in improved donations and career choices, as these are better proxies for impact than lead indicators like the number of posts, comments, or user-hours. I would also be deliberate about which areas are more cost-effective. I believe increasing donations to the best animal welfare interventions is way more valuable than to the best in human welfare[1] (including not only global health and development, but also global catastrophic risk).
I estimate broiler welfare and cage-free campaigns are 168 and 462 times as cost-effective as GiveWell’s top charities, which are thought to be among the best human welfare interventions, and that the Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) has been 64.3 k times as cost-effective as such charities.