this community will be inundated with literally thousands of mediocre rationalists and many potential donors will be lost.
Bad comments will get downvoted and not seen by many people. If someone isn’t getting much out of LW and LW isn’t getting much out of their presence, they’ll leave eventually. If the moderation system continues working about as well as it has been working, an influx of new users shouldn’t be a problem. (It’s probably something the site needs to be prepared for when Eliezer’s books come out, anyway.)
Bad comments will get downvoted and not seen by many people. If someone isn’t getting much out of LW and LW isn’t getting much out of their presence, they’ll leave eventually. If the moderation system continues working about as well as it has been working, an influx of new users shouldn’t be a problem. (It’s probably something the site needs to be prepared for when Eliezer’s books come out, anyway.)