Effective Altruism subreddit

By kbog @ 2016-09-25T06:03 (+9)

I'm sharing the Effective Altruism subreddit on Reddit.com for those of you who haven't seen it yet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EffectiveAltruism/

We are a newer discussion community with over a thousand subscribers. Overall activity is comparable to the EA forum here, but we are more oriented towards less formal discussion, ideas and questions. So if you have a small question or idea to discuss, it is a good place to go.

One of the main benefits of being on Reddit is that it preserves your anonymity in online discussions. In addition, the Reddit format is better for discussions and voting than Facebook, which has a format optimized for cheap social media reactions and sharing.

For these or other reasons, there have been many people on Reddit who are interested in effective altruism yet don't want to open Facebook accounts just to be able to participate in community discussion. By being over-reliant on Facebook, the community is missing out on many people's ideas and is unable to reach out to many of them.

So, if you have a Reddit account or just want to lurk, I would encourage you to follow the community.