If you act on it by donating, you can be done with it. It’s a conversation-stopper.
In 2014, it felt like donations were a good conversation topic. There were enough new charities to evaluate that it was worthwhile to get other people’s opinions. The EA community and the number of new charities were small enough that we could come close to knowing most of the people involved in starting the charities, and expect most EAs to know something about those new charities.
Then the EA movement became much larger than the Dunbar number, it became harder to keep track of all the charities, and the value of additional funding declined a bit. At least some of those factors made it harder for EA to be a good community.
In 2014, it felt like donations were a good conversation topic. There were enough new charities to evaluate that it was worthwhile to get other people’s opinions. The EA community and the number of new charities were small enough that we could come close to knowing most of the people involved in starting the charities, and expect most EAs to know something about those new charities.
Then the EA movement became much larger than the Dunbar number, it became harder to keep track of all the charities, and the value of additional funding declined a bit. At least some of those factors made it harder for EA to be a good community.