19 year old here - I don't understand how this relates to the rest of the tip.

19 year old here - this point seems like it doesn't fit in with the rest. I'd recommend separating the physical environment tips (ex: living arrangements) from the social environment tips

i liked the links to other resources in the other sections of this doc, i think it'd be useful to link to things that go into more depth on this. n=1, but i find it easy to nod along to advice in this genre (especially on decoupling how cool I think someone is/how statusy their claim is from how likely I think the claim is to be true), and hard to think of concrete things i could do to implement the advice.

19 year old here - doesn't really mean anything. We've heard this a billion times and the question is how to do it. Or what SPECIFICALLY is a story I can take away about the value of doing it?

19 year old here - seems like one of the most important points when we know that being a teenager is one of the riskiest times for mental health issues. Why not place it at the top?

excellent excellent, this is something i think i definitely needed to train my brain to prioritize when it became easier to do community building / meta work

All of these things are especially true if you don't have a lot of experience with eg alcohol such that you're not well-calibrated on your own limits. Err on the side of caution! Feel free to invent excuses if that lessens the social pressure (eg I have something in the morning or I have a call later tonight)

i dont love this conflation, in part bc I'm not actually sure it's true of EAs?

This! And you should feel empowered to voice your perspective on it

The first half of this sentence is so important. I also want it to include that you, the young person, might be very aware of where you stand! Feeling like you're being babied when you want independence sucks, and so does not receiving the support you need. Young people are not a monolith, and unfortunately you might need to remind the adults around you of that

I'd be interested in a "Why EA" section that outlines the potential benefits and drawbacks of the community and makes sure people want to join for the right reasons.

strong +1

Things I would add:
Sometimes, people look younger than they are; I've had moments where I thought someone was ~18 and it turned out they were like 23, which I learned after it would've been useful to know.
Maybe go into the reasons why acting on age-gap stuff can cause harm/second-order effects?

I'd love to see you write about this if you haven't already and are comfortable. Seems like a really valuable perspective!

Overall impressions of the doc:

I think the tone of this document is somewhat unwelcoming to young people and veers away from advice and into "here are things that could go wrong or be hard for you".

I think you could mitigate this with a preface that covers:
- We are so happy you are here! We value your presence, experiences, and contributions; we are a stronger community for your participation :)
- It is so hard to be a young person. Your work and your thoughts are probably frequently devalued by adults who have more power than you. While our community is not immune to these dynamics, that doesn't mean they're okay, and you should speak up if you're feeling overlooked.
- There might be a community manager or community health person in your organization who would love to talk to you! If there is, you should err on the side of connecting with them, even if you don't think you have a pressing reason to.
- Ask around to get connected to other young people who might share some of your experiences and offer friendship (not sure if there's a young EAs affinity group anywhere but this could be worth having?)

Something I have heard from a decent number of young people in our community is that we feel like it's becoming increasingly difficult to interface with non-EA people in our day-to-day. College peers that are not as intellectually-interested or high school peers. Maybe it would be helpful to have a bit of advice on how to keep developing these more intellectual and "object competence" parts of yourself when you're not around EA people? I know I've definitely found it more difficult to consistently maintain this core sense of myself when I am around people who talk about totally different things that are worlds apart from my interests. The only way I've been recently learning to navigate this is by spending more time by myself (which I'm totally ok with) if it means that I will not be socially influenced by people that are different from me in this sense.