Personally, I’m not using the forum as much as I could and as much as I used to, because it is a time-sink. I’m the kind of person who can easily get lost on the Internet; clicking a link here and opening another tab there, and… look where those two hours went. Because of this, I’m wary of spending too much time here.
I don’t know whether my declining forum use is due to changes in my behavior or changes to the forum. Probably it’s a combination. On the forum side, the home page feels a bit more cluttered than it used to be. The forum feels slightly more gamified (e.g., emoji reactions).
I don’t have concrete suggestions, other than thinking about what would be an ideal time for users to spend on the forum. A time that takes both the forum quality and its user’s productivity into account.
That’s very fair! I certainly don’t want anyone to use the Forum more than they believe is worthwhile. My guess is that a healthy relationship with the Forum looks different for different people, and I don’t think that every single reader should engage with the Forum more than they currently do. I recommend that people customize their Forum experience and customize their Frontpage to help with them find a good balance.
Personally, I’m not using the forum as much as I could and as much as I used to, because it is a time-sink. I’m the kind of person who can easily get lost on the Internet; clicking a link here and opening another tab there, and… look where those two hours went. Because of this, I’m wary of spending too much time here.
I don’t know whether my declining forum use is due to changes in my behavior or changes to the forum. Probably it’s a combination. On the forum side, the home page feels a bit more cluttered than it used to be. The forum feels slightly more gamified (e.g., emoji reactions).
I don’t have concrete suggestions, other than thinking about what would be an ideal time for users to spend on the forum. A time that takes both the forum quality and its user’s productivity into account.
That’s very fair! I certainly don’t want anyone to use the Forum more than they believe is worthwhile. My guess is that a healthy relationship with the Forum looks different for different people, and I don’t think that every single reader should engage with the Forum more than they currently do. I recommend that people customize their Forum experience and customize their Frontpage to help with them find a good balance.
One concrete suggestion:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/oZff425xLnikfxeGD/pat-myron-s-shortform?commentId=s8Qoydhg3zZ3b3486