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"<p>The <strong>community </strong>topic covers posts about the effective altruism community, as well as applying EA in one's personal life. The tag also applies to posts about the Forum itself, since this is a community space. You should use the <strong>community</strong> tag if one of the following things is true:</p><ul><li>The post is about EA as a cultural phenomenon (as opposed to EA as a project of doing good)</li><li>The post is about norms, attitudes or practices you'd like to see more or less of within the EA community</li><li>The post would be irrelevant to someone who was interested in doing good effectively, but NOT interested in the effective altruism community&nbsp;</li><li>The post concerns an ongoing conversation, scandal or discourse that would not be relevant to someone who doesn't care about the EA community.</li></ul><p>Posts tagged with <strong>community</strong> are displayed in a separate list on the homepage to other posts; this list can be hidden.&nbsp;</p><h1><br>About the effective altruism community&nbsp;</h1><p>The effective altruism community is partly a professional network of people who are interested in pursuing <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/career-choice\">impactful careers</a>. It is also partly a social community of people who are interested in doing the most good possible. Although there is a <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/centre-for-effective-altruism-1\">Centre for Effective Altruism</a>, effective altruism is decentralised, and various organizations, <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/effective-altruism-groups\">local groups</a> and individuals consider themselves as part of the community. In 2020, David Moss estimated that there were 4500-10,000 members of the EA community (90% confidence interval).<span class=\"footnote-reference\" data-footnote-reference=\"\" data-footnote-index=\"1\" data-footnote-id=\"hnj51v8w31g\" role=\"doc-noteref\" id=\"fnrefhnj51v8w31g\"><sup><a href=\"#fnhnj51v8w31g\">[1]</a></sup></span><br>&nbsp;</p><h1><br>Further reading&nbsp;</h1><p><br><a href=\"https://rethinkpriorities.org/ea-survey\">EA surveys </a>produced by Rethink Priorities&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</p><h1><br>Related entries&nbsp;</h1><p><a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/building-effective-altruism\">building effective altruism</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/effective-altruism-groups\">effective altruism groups</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/centre-for-effective-altruism-1\">Centre for Effective Altruism</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/effective-altruism-survey\">effective altruism survey</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/data-ea-community-1\">data (EA community</a>)| <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/community-experiences\">community experiences</a> | <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/effective-altruism-lifestyle\">effective altruism lifestyle</a><br>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><ol class=\"footnote-section footnotes\" data-footnote-section=\"\" role=\"doc-endnotes\"><li class=\"footnote-item\" data-footnote-item=\"\" data-footnote-index=\"1\" data-footnote-id=\"hnj51v8w31g\" role=\"doc-endnote\" id=\"fnhnj51v8w31g\"><span class=\"footnote-back-link\" data-footnote-back-link=\"\" data-footnote-id=\"hnj51v8w31g\"><sup><strong><a href=\"#fnrefhnj51v8w31g\">^</a></strong></sup></span><div class=\"footnote-content\" data-footnote-content=\"\"><p>Moss, David (2020) <a href=\"https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/zQRHAFKGWcXXicYMo/ea-survey-2019-series-how-many-people-are-there-in-the-ea\">EA Survey 2019 Series: How many people are there in the EA community?</a> (EA Forum)</p></div></li></ol>"
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