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About the effective altruism community 

The effective altruism community is partly a professional network of people who are interested in pursuing impactful careers. It is also partly a social community of people who are interested in doing the most good possible. Although there is a Centre for Effective Altruism, effective altruism is decentralised, and various organizations, local groups and individuals consider themselves as part of the community. In 2020, David Moss estimated that there were 4500-10,000 members of the EA community (90% confidence interval).^[1]

 

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   Moss, David (2020) EA Survey 2019 Series: How many people are there in the EA community? (EA Forum)

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The Community tag covers posts - TODO: restore previous versionabout the EA community, as well as applying EA in one's personal life. The tag also applies to posts about the Forum itself, since this is a community space.

If you never touched that setting, or if you view the Forum while logged out, the weighting of community posts will be “-25” by default. (The algorithm will show posts with the Community tag less prominently, as though they all had 25 less karma.) 

The Community tag covers posts about the EA community, as well as applying EA in one's personal life. The tag also applies to posts about the Forum itself, since this is a community space.- TODO: restore previous version

If you never touched that setting, or if you view the Forum while logged out, the weighting of community posts will be “-25” by default. (The algorithm will show posts with the Community tag less prominently, as though they all had 25 less karma.) 

If you never touched that setting, or if you view the Forum while logged out, the weighting of community posts will be “-25” by default. (The algorithm will show posts with the Community tag less prominently, as though they all had 25 less karma.) 

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