For what it’s worth, I felt a bit alienated by the other Discord, not because I don’t support far-future causes or that it was even discussing the far future, but because I didn’t find the conversation interesting. I think this Discord might help me engage more with EAs, because I find the discourse more interesting, and I happen to like the way Thing of Thing discusses things. I think it’s good to have a variety of groups with different cultures and conversation styles, to appeal to a broader base of people. That said, I do have some reservations about fragmenting EA along ideological lines.
For what it’s worth, I felt a bit alienated by the other Discord, not because I don’t support far-future causes or that it was even discussing the far future, but because I didn’t find the conversation interesting. I think this Discord might help me engage more with EAs, because I find the discourse more interesting, and I happen to like the way Thing of Thing discusses things. I think it’s good to have a variety of groups with different cultures and conversation styles, to appeal to a broader base of people. That said, I do have some reservations about fragmenting EA along ideological lines.