For me, promoted posts on Main are what should be our “public facade” blog, things worth reading for outsiders who don’t have much time. Putting a post in Main instead of Discussion is just a clunky way of saying it should be promoted.
I don’t know how much more attention promoted posts actually get, and I’m not sure it’s worth the trouble (they may even get less attention because of regulars who check discussion but not main because stuff is rarely posted in main). The bastard category of “in main but not promoted” doesn’t have a reason to exist (except maybe for Karma reasons?).
The bastard category of “in main but not promoted” doesn’t have a reason to exist (except maybe for Karma reasons?).
Yep. This is clear evidence that the world is insane and LW is suffering from Civilizational Inadequacy… it’s a good thing we’ve got a heroic epistemologist like ChrisHallquist to save us.
For me, promoted posts on Main are what should be our “public facade” blog, things worth reading for outsiders who don’t have much time. Putting a post in Main instead of Discussion is just a clunky way of saying it should be promoted.
I don’t know how much more attention promoted posts actually get, and I’m not sure it’s worth the trouble (they may even get less attention because of regulars who check discussion but not main because stuff is rarely posted in main). The bastard category of “in main but not promoted” doesn’t have a reason to exist (except maybe for Karma reasons?).
This is the most meaningful distinction. It answers the Why of Main. All the other rules are just heuristics for How.
When we forget the purpose, the debate goes astray towards: “make it, uhm, what it is now, just a bit different, you know, better”.
Yep. This is clear evidence that the world is insane and LW is suffering from Civilizational Inadequacy… it’s a good thing we’ve got a heroic epistemologist like ChrisHallquist to save us.