Yes, many students would benefit from a math explanation platform. But it was hard for us to find writers, and we weren’t getting as much traction with them as we wanted. We reached out to some forums and to many individuals. That version of Arbital was also promoted by Eliezer on FB. When we switched away from math, it wasn’t because we thought it was hopeless. We had a lot of ideas left to try out. But when it’s not going well, you have to call it quits at some point, and so we did. There was also the consideration that if we built a platform for (math) explanations, it would be hard to eventually transition to a platform that solved debates (which always seemed like the more important part).
I think if someone wanted to give it a shot with another explanation platform and had a good strategy for getting writers, I’d feel pretty optimistic about their chance of success.
Yes, many students would benefit from a math explanation platform. But it was hard for us to find writers, and we weren’t getting as much traction with them as we wanted. We reached out to some forums and to many individuals. That version of Arbital was also promoted by Eliezer on FB. When we switched away from math, it wasn’t because we thought it was hopeless. We had a lot of ideas left to try out. But when it’s not going well, you have to call it quits at some point, and so we did. There was also the consideration that if we built a platform for (math) explanations, it would be hard to eventually transition to a platform that solved debates (which always seemed like the more important part).
I think if someone wanted to give it a shot with another explanation platform and had a good strategy for getting writers, I’d feel pretty optimistic about their chance of success.