“EA EDA: Looking at Forum trends across 2023” by JWS

tl;dr: AI Safety became the biggest thing in EA Forum discussion last year, and overall Forum engagement trended downards. What that means for the wider EA movement/philosophy is up for interpretation. If you have your own questions, let me know and I'll dive in (or try to share the data) 1. Introduction This is a follow-up to my previous post using the EA Forum API to analyse trends in the Forum. Whereas that last post was a zoomed-out look at Forum use for as far back as the API goes, this is a specific look at the Forum aggregations and trends in 2023 alone. Needless to say, last year was a tumultous year for EA, and the Forum is one of (if not the) primary online hubs for the Community to discuss issues and self-organise. I hoped to see if any of these trends could be spotted in the [...] ---Outline:(00:28) 1. Introduction(01:21) 2. Methodology(02:29) 3. Results(02:33) 3.1 - Overall Trends in 2023(02:39) 3.1.1 - Posts and Comments over time(04:10) 3.1.2 - Which topics were popular(04:59) 3.1.3 - Who were the most active users(06:06) 3.2 - Topics in 2023(06:23) 3.2.1 - Top 10 Topics of 2023, Rolling Post Frequency(07:51) 3.2.2 - Which Topics had the highest average karma(08:21) 3.2.3 - Risers and Fallers in Topic Popularity(09:07) 3.3 - Users in 2023(09:12) 3.3.1 - Engagement across Users(09:52) 3.3.2 - Engagement and Karma(10:41) 3.3.3 - Risers and Fallers in User Engagement(11:24) 3.4 - Miscellaneous Findings(11:29) 3.4.1 - The most x(12:30) 3.4.2 - Your queries(12:51) 4. Interpretations and Takeaways(13:05) 4.1.1 - Be careful with interpretation(13:56) 4.1.2 - My takeaways(14:52) 5. Future WorkThe original text contained 7 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: June 11th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/83xn6CB3XsuuKKqEc/ea-eda-looking-at-forum-trends-across-2023 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.