“Criticism on the EA Forum” by Toby Tremlett🔹

I'm writing this on behalf of the mod team. They've reviewed and commented on this post, but mistakes are mine.

We want and value criticism on the EA Forum. EA organisations often make their decisions transparent to the Forum audience in a way which makes good criticism possible. But transparency has its challenges, one of which is that not all criticism is good.

By ‘good’ criticism, I mean criticism which is valuable to spend time engaging with. Criticism which can improve your project, or improve the case you make for your project. I also mean criticism which is good for the world but not for the criticised person or organisation. For example, perhaps an approach to solving a problem, or a the work of a particular organisation, is getting too much funding or attention relevant to its merits. Then, the recipient of the criticism may protest — but [...]

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First published:
April 28th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9XXL6DrfdvL6wuJaA/criticism-on-the-ea-forum

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