No you don’t understand. I have something valuable to bring but I needed to make my INTRO post an independent one and I was stripped of that possibility by the process.
You weren’t “stripped of that possibility”. LW has small barriers to entry here and there; you are expected to participate in other ways and demonstrate your bona fides and non-stupidity before posting articles. Do you think that is unreasonable? Would it be better if all the world’s spammers could come along and post LW articles about their sex-enhancing drugs and their exam-cheating services and so on?
Because I cannot do what was required to make a proper post, which was to not have to make “shit posts” before I make my initial post (which needed to be independent). So the filter, which is trying to foster rational thinking, filtering out the seeds of it.
You have not explained why your post had to be “independent”. Perhaps there are reasons—maybe good ones—why you wanted your first appearance here to be its posting, but I don’t see any reason why it’s better for LW for that to be so.
In any case, “X has a cost” is not a good argument against X; there can be benefits that outweigh the costs. I hope you will not be offended, but I personally am quite happy for you to be slightly inconvenienced if the alternative is having LW deluged with posts from spammers.
No you don’t understand. I have something valuable to bring but I needed to make my INTRO post an independent one and I was stripped of that possibility by the process.
You weren’t “stripped of that possibility”. LW has small barriers to entry here and there; you are expected to participate in other ways and demonstrate your bona fides and non-stupidity before posting articles. Do you think that is unreasonable? Would it be better if all the world’s spammers could come along and post LW articles about their sex-enhancing drugs and their exam-cheating services and so on?
Yes I think its not reasonable, because it acted counter-productive to the intended use that you are suggesting it was implemented for.
How?
Because I cannot do what was required to make a proper post, which was to not have to make “shit posts” before I make my initial post (which needed to be independent). So the filter, which is trying to foster rational thinking, filtering out the seeds of it.
No one’s requiring you to make “shit posts”.
You have not explained why your post had to be “independent”. Perhaps there are reasons—maybe good ones—why you wanted your first appearance here to be its posting, but I don’t see any reason why it’s better for LW for that to be so.
In any case, “X has a cost” is not a good argument against X; there can be benefits that outweigh the costs. I hope you will not be offended, but I personally am quite happy for you to be slightly inconvenienced if the alternative is having LW deluged with posts from spammers.