Software engineer at the Nucleic Acid Observatory in Boston. Speaking for myself unless I say otherwise.
jefftk
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Facets and Social Networks
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I tried to find an official pronoun policy for LessWrong, LessOnline, EA Global, etc, and couldn’t.
The EA Forum has an explicit policy that you need to use the pronouns the people you’re talking about prefer. EAG(x) doesn’t explicitly include this in the code of conduct but it’s short and I expect is interpreted by people who would consider non-accidental misgendering to be a special case of “offensive, disruptive, or discriminatory actions or communication.”. I vaguely remember seeing someone get a warning on LW for misgendering, but I’m not finding anything now.
Boston Secular Solstice 2024
I think it’s a pretty weak hit, though not zero. There are so many things I want to look into that I don’t have time for that having this as another factor in my prioritization doesn’t feel very limiting to my intellectual freedom.
I do think it is good to have a range of people in society who are taking a range of approaches, though!
Nice of you to offer! I expect, however, that pressure in this direction will come from non-LW non-EA directions.
The “don’t look into dragons” path often still involves hiding info, since often your brain takes a guess anyhow
In many cases I have guesses, but because I just have vague impressions they’re all very speculative. This is consistent with being able to say “I haven’t looked into it” and “I really don’t know”, and because these are all areas where the truth is not decision relevant it’s been easy to leave it at that. Perhaps people notice I have doubts, but at least in my social circles that’s acceptable if not made explicit.
I think that’s an important norm and I support it, but until it is well established it’s not something I (or others) can rely on.
No one has given me a hard time about it. I say things like “I haven’t looked into it” and we move on. The next time it happens I will additionally be able to link to this post.
Interesting! Would the original EdgeRank be an algorithm, or is it too simple?
Secular Solstice Songbook Update
That’s still an algorithm, it’s just a very simple one.
Personally, I prefer to have the posts I see be the product of a sophisticated algorithm (ex: there are some people I follow who post a lot, and for those people I would like to only see their best posts) but I want it to be one that is in my interest.
Done; thanks!