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"<p>The <strong>Effective Altruism Forum</strong> (often spelled <strong>EA Forum</strong>) is a community blog and forum focused on discussion of issues related to <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/effective-altruism\">effective altruism</a>. It is supported by the <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/centre-for-effective-altruism-1\">Centre for Effective Altruism</a>.</p><h2>History</h2><p>The EA Forum was launched in 2014, with seed content from a group blog that ran between 2012 and 2014, and published posts by early members of the effective altruism community.<span class=\"footnote-reference\" role=\"doc-noteref\" id=\"fnref4qjb2u1mex8\"><sup><a href=\"#fn4qjb2u1mex8\">[1]</a></sup></span><span class=\"footnote-reference\" role=\"doc-noteref\" id=\"fnrefb78pdczee3m\"><sup><a href=\"#fnb78pdczee3m\">[2]</a></sup></span>&nbsp;A newer version launched in 2018 with a new codebase and a dedicated team.<span class=\"footnote-reference\" role=\"doc-noteref\" id=\"fnref3bdj2ptwc6q\"><sup><a href=\"#fn3bdj2ptwc6q\">[3]</a></sup></span></p><h2>Further reading</h2><p>Dai, Wei (2019) <a href=\"https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/rBkZvbGDQZhEymReM/forum-participation-as-a-research-strategy\">Forum participation as a research strategy</a>, <i>LessWrong</i>, July 30.</p><p>Vaintrob, Lizka (2022) <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/s/s5zDhfyRPvrpeuRf8\">How to use the Forum</a>, <i>Effective Altruism Forum</i>, April 29.</p><h2>External links</h2><p><a href=\"https://effectivealtruism.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=52b028e7f799cca137ef74763&amp;id=7457c7ff3e\">EA Forum Digest</a>. A weekly email with selected EA Forum posts from the previous week.</p><p><a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/users/ea-forum-archives\">EA Forum Archives</a>. EA Forum account used to post archival material.</p><h2>Related entries</h2><p><a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/centre-for-effective-altruism-1\">Centre for Effective Altruism</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/effective-altruism\">effective altruism</a></p><ol class=\"footnotes\" role=\"doc-endnotes\"><li class=\"footnote-item\" role=\"doc-endnote\" id=\"fn4qjb2u1mex8\"><span class=\"footnote-back-link\"><sup><strong><a href=\"#fnref4qjb2u1mex8\">^</a></strong></sup></span><div class=\"footnote-content\"><p>Effective Altruism (2012) <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20130706025208/http://www.effective-altruism.com/about\">About</a>, <i>Effective Altruism</i>.</p></div></li><li class=\"footnote-item\" role=\"doc-endnote\" id=\"fnb78pdczee3m\"><span class=\"footnote-back-link\"><sup><strong><a href=\"#fnrefb78pdczee3m\">^</a></strong></sup></span><div class=\"footnote-content\"><p>Hokama, Rhema (2014) <a href=\"https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/blog/10-reasons-to-explore-the-new-effective-altruism-forum/\">10 reasons to explore the new Effective Altruism Forum</a>, <i>The Life You Can Save</i>, October 5.</p></div></li><li class=\"footnote-item\" role=\"doc-endnote\" id=\"fn3bdj2ptwc6q\"><span class=\"footnote-back-link\"><sup><strong><a href=\"#fnref3bdj2ptwc6q\">^</a></strong></sup></span><div class=\"footnote-content\"><p>Gertler, Aaron (2018) <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/h26Kx7uGfQfNewi7d/welcome-to-the-new-forum\">Welcome to the New Forum!</a>, <i>Effective Altruism Forum</i>, November 7.</p></div></li></ol>"
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