JP Addison🔸

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Head of the CEA Online Team, which runs this Forum.

A bit about me, to help you get to know me: Prior to CEA, I was a data engineer at an aerospace startup. I got into EA through reading the entire archive of Slate Star Codex in 2015. I found EA naturally compelling, and donated to AMF, then GFI, before settling on my current cause prioritization of meta-EA, with AI x-risk as my object-level preference. I try to have a wholehearted approach to morality, rather than thinking of it as an obligation or opportunity. You see my LessWrong profile here.

I love this Forum a bunch. I've been working on it for 5 years as of this writing, and founded the EA Forum 2.0. (Remember 1.0?) I have an intellectual belief in it as an impactful project, but also a deep love for it as an open platform where anyone can come participate in the project of effective altruism. We're open 24/7, anywhere there is an internet connection.

In my personal life, I hang out in the Boston EA and Gaymer communities, enjoy houseplants, table tennis, and playing coop games with my partner, who has more karma than me.

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I love the way you were non-opinionated about this comment, and left it up to the agree-disagree votes.

Ah, um, confusingly the default for personal is "Hidden", and what you've done is effectively changed your settings for Personal Blogs to "Neutral."

You can read our politics policy here.

Political issues are clearly relevant to improving the world. However, in our experience, we’ve seen that partisan political discussion tends to have a strong polarizing effect on public forums; it consumes a lot of a community’s attention and can lead to emotionally charged arguments. Overall, we think the EA Forum will be healthier, and better-positioned to achieve its goals, if we limit the space given to political topics.

You probably have customized your feed to show personal blogposts. The default feed has them hidden.

I really appreciate brief update posts like this, that help me keep some awareness of other meta projects. Thanks!

Another comment from me:

I don’t like my mod message, and I apologize for it. I was rushed and used some templated language that I knew damn well at the time that I wasn’t excited about putting my name behind. I nevertheless did and bear the responsibility.

That’s all from me for now. The mods who weren’t involved in the original decision will come in and reconsider the ban, pursuant to the appeal.

That is not the post in question. We removed the post that prompted the ban.

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Moderation update: We're issuing dstudiocode a one-month ban for breaking Forum norms in their recent post and subsequent behavior. Specifically:

  • Posting content that could be interpreted as promoting violence or illegal activities.

The post in question, which asked whether murdering meat-eaters could be considered "ethical," crosses a line in terms of promoting potential violence.

As a reminder, the ban affects the user, not just the account. During their ban period, the user will not be permitted to rejoin the Forum under another account name. If they return to the Forum after the ban period, we'll expect a higher standard of norm-following and compliance with moderator instructions.

You can reach out to forum-moderation@effectivealtruism.org with any questions. You can appeal this decision here.

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I very much appreciate you writing this, and writing it so well. I really resonate with a lot of this, though of course maybe my role as a professional EA community person makes it harder for me and others to trust my take.

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