I’m not sure if “fun” is quite what I would want on the EA Forum… but maybe something like “friendliness” or “welcomingness”? It is possible that the best situation would be have the EA Forum be 2⁄10 on this metric, and various EA Facebook groups or Slack workspaces be 5⁄10 on this metric, and in-person meetups be 8⁄10 on this metric.
I do think that the reactions on the EA Forum of heart, helpful, insightful, and changed my mind have made the EA forum a bit more friendly. It makes it easy for people to give small compliment or to express gratitude.
Yeah I agree that “friendliness” and “welcomingness” are more important than “fun”, and I’m more confident that we should be prioritizing increasing those qualities.
I’m not sure if “fun” is quite what I would want on the EA Forum… but maybe something like “friendliness” or “welcomingness”? It is possible that the best situation would be have the EA Forum be 2⁄10 on this metric, and various EA Facebook groups or Slack workspaces be 5⁄10 on this metric, and in-person meetups be 8⁄10 on this metric.
I do think that the reactions on the EA Forum of heart, helpful, insightful, and changed my mind have made the EA forum a bit more friendly. It makes it easy for people to give small compliment or to express gratitude.
Yeah I agree that “friendliness” and “welcomingness” are more important than “fun”, and I’m more confident that we should be prioritizing increasing those qualities.