A very nice post, and nicely-styled as well. I think LessWrong has been growing more autistic these past few years in its steel-Vulcan personality, and I wonder if this might be an effect of CFAR depleting LW of healthy human beings interested in making their lives better rather than in scoring points.
… Clarify? I don’t see very much “point-scoring” at all—most of the posts I read are genuinely helpful, dissenting opinions continue to be upvoted… I suppose I wouldn’t notice if someone was trying to game the karma system, but certainly the top ten list is occupied by genuinely useful posters.
Pardon me—by “posts” I mean “all content, comments and top-level-posts included,” and by “posters” I mean “users.” I think of LessWrong as a forum, in general, so I usually think of a top-level-post as a “thread” internally.
I wonder if this might be an effect of CFAR depleting LW of healthy human beings interested in making their lives better rather than in scoring points.
A very nice post, and nicely-styled as well. I think LessWrong has been growing more autistic these past few years in its steel-Vulcan personality, and I wonder if this might be an effect of CFAR depleting LW of healthy human beings interested in making their lives better rather than in scoring points.
Could we not use “autistic” as a term of abuse on LessWrong? It makes me feel sad.
… Clarify? I don’t see very much “point-scoring” at all—most of the posts I read are genuinely helpful, dissenting opinions continue to be upvoted… I suppose I wouldn’t notice if someone was trying to game the karma system, but certainly the top ten list is occupied by genuinely useful posters.
My comment wasn’t aimed at posters, but at the way LWers respond to posts, and to each others’ comments.
Pardon me—by “posts” I mean “all content, comments and top-level-posts included,” and by “posters” I mean “users.” I think of LessWrong as a forum, in general, so I usually think of a top-level-post as a “thread” internally.
Do universities deplete high schools of talent?