ChristianKl comments on What has .impact done so far? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mbitton24 02 April 2014 02:15:45PM -2 points [-]

I'm saying it helps with retention but barely at all with recruitment - and that it may even get in the way of recruitment of casual EAs. I don't think Skillshare favours will make people want to self-identify as EA. Only a minority of people even require the sorts of favours being offered.

Comment author: ChristianKl 02 April 2014 11:04:35PM 0 points [-]

The best way to recruit is to have people who are passionate enough about a subject that they tell their friends.

Comment author: mbitton24 02 April 2014 11:28:35PM -2 points [-]

Yup - although in the case of EA, that's still likely to be a very slow process. This isn't the sort of thing that can go viral. It takes months or years of cultivating before someone transfers from complete outsider to core member.

Comment author: ChristianKl 03 April 2014 08:57:23PM 0 points [-]

Yup - although in the case of EA, that's still likely to be a very slow process.

I don't think that's a problem. We don't need to think in terms of corporate quarter results but are free to think more long-term.

Focusing on quick fixes isn't what successful movement building is about.