I would like to add the EA forum currently feels too insular; the type of people who post on the forum are “too EA”-like in a sense (probably due to higher standards intimidating people). Specifically, it adds to the perception of EA being a closed community, possibly even a cult.
Now of course it is good to have the forum dedicated to the most active Highly Engaged EAs, but this kind of leads to greater community homogeneity (as EA-adjacent people would just not interact). I don’t know the best solution to this, but I do prefer the style to be closer to 80000 Hours which I found to be more grounded. I do like the solution of reframing the EA forum as an intranet. Or maybe have a casual EA forum space and then a more dedicated one.
I would like to add the EA forum currently feels too insular; the type of people who post on the forum are “too EA”-like in a sense (probably due to higher standards intimidating people). Specifically, it adds to the perception of EA being a closed community, possibly even a cult.
Now of course it is good to have the forum dedicated to the most active Highly Engaged EAs, but this kind of leads to greater community homogeneity (as EA-adjacent people would just not interact). I don’t know the best solution to this, but I do prefer the style to be closer to 80000 Hours which I found to be more grounded. I do like the solution of reframing the EA forum as an intranet. Or maybe have a casual EA forum space and then a more dedicated one.