It’s probably not worth discussing ideas that require code changes unless you’re in a position to implement them and present patches, and even then it may not be accepted.
I think we fend off trolls pretty well: we tend to just vote them down and otherwise ignore them. I don’t think we have to worry about a troll invasion here.
Equally, I don’t think it’s worthwhile discussing drastic subject-matter changes, partly becuase that is the level of change that would be required to affect it safely.
At the moment, trolls are both in the minority, and both their views and presentation differ markedly from ours: whether by Aumann or Groupthink, we have both a large set of beliefs we agree on that aren’t widely held outside LW, and a special terminology that we use.
However, in Politics none of these would be the case; widespread disagreement makes it hard to tell what is in good faith, we don’t have a specialised language, and without a rigourous way of approaching the problems, are unlikely to reach a closer set of conclusions than any other fairly Libertarian internet grouping.
It’s probably not worth discussing ideas that require code changes unless you’re in a position to implement them and present patches, and even then it may not be accepted.
I think we fend off trolls pretty well: we tend to just vote them down and otherwise ignore them. I don’t think we have to worry about a troll invasion here.
Equally, I don’t think it’s worthwhile discussing drastic subject-matter changes, partly becuase that is the level of change that would be required to affect it safely.
At the moment, trolls are both in the minority, and both their views and presentation differ markedly from ours: whether by Aumann or Groupthink, we have both a large set of beliefs we agree on that aren’t widely held outside LW, and a special terminology that we use.
However, in Politics none of these would be the case; widespread disagreement makes it hard to tell what is in good faith, we don’t have a specialised language, and without a rigourous way of approaching the problems, are unlikely to reach a closer set of conclusions than any other fairly Libertarian internet grouping.