Updates
Dec 22, 2023 (Link updated January 2025)
I created a Slack workspace!
Here's the invite link: EA Left/Progressive Wing Slack (name not final)
Jan 10, 2025
The Slack workspace hasn't gained much traction yet, some members are slowly trickling in. I think a community-building effort is needed, so we can do activities/discussions to keep the workspace a bit livelier.
Notes
It seems like a Facebook group could be created for specific topics in left-wing thought (like economics and forms of government)
I feel like some people would also prefer a Discord server or something that's just not a Slack workspace. I bet it would depend on the preference of the people who would be a part of this group, considering the amount of inactive groups out there, I don't think there is a consensus on where to go.
It sounds like you are reading my comment as saying that "center left" is very similar to "left". But I think it's pretty clear from the full quote that that's not what I'm saying.
The OP says that EA is 80% "center-left". I correct them, and say that EA is 36.8% left and 39.8% "Center left."
The "(so quite similar)" here refers to the percentages 36.8% and 39.8% (indeed, these are likely not even statistically significant differences).
I can see how, completely in the abstract, one could read the claim as being that "Left" and "Center left" are similar ideologies. But, in context, it only makes sense for me to be making the observation that the percentages of "Left" and "Center left" are quite similar (challenging OP's claim that EA is all Center left). If I were asserting that "Left" and "Center left" are "quite similar", then I'd be minimising my own claim (many EAs are "Left" not merely "Center left").
That said, I'm not sure that mistake is the reason for the downvote, since my other comment also got downvoted. And that one just: