Seems like a great technique for someone to use if there’s a real announcement to make and the instigator has already been distinguished as the person with the authority/responsibility to coordinate things.
But adding on the idea that all individuals should feel emboldened to unilaterally bid for a contagious hum whenever they feel the room is too noisy… that’s a poorly designed norm
I suggested organizers should occasionally use this tool they already have for the purpose of resetting the noise level at events they are responsible for.
Sorry if I should have read that passage more carefully.
Even when it’s the main organizer doing it—my hunch is, interrupting everyone and requiring them to do a silly ritual soley for the purpose of temporily pushing volume below equilibrium should be avoided.
Haven’t organized or attended EA/LW meetups in a while but I remember witnessing multiple failures of the kind “organizer overplayed their role, left impression they were performing gratuitous weirdness”
Seems like a great technique for someone to use if there’s a real announcement to make and the instigator has already been distinguished as the person with the authority/responsibility to coordinate things.
But adding on the idea that all individuals should feel emboldened to unilaterally bid for a contagious hum whenever they feel the room is too noisy… that’s a poorly designed norm
I suggested organizers should occasionally use this tool they already have for the purpose of resetting the noise level at events they are responsible for.
Sorry if I should have read that passage more carefully.
Even when it’s the main organizer doing it—my hunch is, interrupting everyone and requiring them to do a silly ritual soley for the purpose of temporily pushing volume below equilibrium should be avoided.
Haven’t organized or attended EA/LW meetups in a while but I remember witnessing multiple failures of the kind “organizer overplayed their role, left impression they were performing gratuitous weirdness”