Recently Timothy TL and I published a podcast on OpenPhil and GoodVentures. As part of this, we contacted 16 people and organizations asking for comment. They were given access to the full recording as well as a searching transcript.
Responded with small correction- 2
Responded with medium size correction- 1
Responded with long correction- 2
Asked for more time- 2 (counted in other categories as well)
We offered one week to tell us if they were going to respond, an additional week to give a response that would be included in the recording, and longer for something we would link to in text but not include on the recording.
Responded to say no comment- 4
No response: 7
Last time I did this the results were impressive, with over half of respondents answering in <24 hours and only 2 non-responders. I walked away thinking asking for comments was a surprisingly cheap norm with a lot of upside. This time it felt like a slog, with the process dragging on for weeks beyond what I felt was a quite generous initial deadline.
Part of me wants to create some automated process for this. Then part of me thinks it would be pretty great if someone could offer a free service (even paid could be fine) that has one person do this hunting work. I presume some of it can be delegated, though I realize the work probably requires more context than it first seems.
Recently Timothy TL and I published a podcast on OpenPhil and GoodVentures. As part of this, we contacted 16 people and organizations asking for comment. They were given access to the full recording as well as a searching transcript.
Responded with small correction- 2
Responded with medium size correction- 1
Responded with long correction- 2
Asked for more time- 2 (counted in other categories as well)
We offered one week to tell us if they were going to respond, an additional week to give a response that would be included in the recording, and longer for something we would link to in text but not include on the recording.
Responded to say no comment- 4
No response: 7
Last time I did this the results were impressive, with over half of respondents answering in <24 hours and only 2 non-responders. I walked away thinking asking for comments was a surprisingly cheap norm with a lot of upside. This time it felt like a slog, with the process dragging on for weeks beyond what I felt was a quite generous initial deadline.
Part of me wants to create some automated process for this. Then part of me thinks it would be pretty great if someone could offer a free service (even paid could be fine) that has one person do this hunting work. I presume some of it can be delegated, though I realize the work probably requires more context than it first seems.