You are saying some of the same phrases that well-known LW-ers say, and want to do the same things some of them do. This is fine, and I’ve decided not to downvote you, but it’s not novel material, it’s fandom.
I have never seen a documentation of a quest to avoid Akrasia on LW.
I’ve seen summary’s of tips and tricks.
I’ve read Alicorn’s challenge.
I’ve seen reports of specific tools.
I was thinking more along the lines of a cognitive tale of me trying to control my mental state that others can use as a rope when they fall into the pit of despair. If it seems like I am falling into fandom because my lack of experience I can’t control your opinion. However, I think you are suffering from the same cognitive pattern that some others are
Unfortunately for you, many of us use “did the author take the time to get spelling and grammar correct” as a proxy for “did the author take the time to think about what she wrote”.
and therefore feeling undue condescension towards my work. I would appreciate specific examples as I said above so that I may better understand your position.
Whatever you want to call this post, I assure you that all the worthwhile bits have already been on LW. Maybe if your tale contained more than “I want to do nice-sounding stuff” it would be almost as interesting to read as those “tips and tricks,” or as they are sometimes called, actually going out and doing stuff.
And I mean that. You don’t absolutely have to give new information in the text to write a good post. Personal stories can be nice, both as entertainment and because of the information they contain in the subtext. But stories have to be stories. They have to have a beginning and a middle, and sometimes an end. They should probably have a character or two, and these characters should probably actually go out and do stuff.
You are saying some of the same phrases that well-known LW-ers say, and want to do the same things some of them do. This is fine, and I’ve decided not to downvote you, but it’s not novel material, it’s fandom.
I have never seen a documentation of a quest to avoid Akrasia on LW. I’ve seen summary’s of tips and tricks. I’ve read Alicorn’s challenge. I’ve seen reports of specific tools. I was thinking more along the lines of a cognitive tale of me trying to control my mental state that others can use as a rope when they fall into the pit of despair. If it seems like I am falling into fandom because my lack of experience I can’t control your opinion. However, I think you are suffering from the same cognitive pattern that some others are
and therefore feeling undue condescension towards my work. I would appreciate specific examples as I said above so that I may better understand your position.
Whatever you want to call this post, I assure you that all the worthwhile bits have already been on LW. Maybe if your tale contained more than “I want to do nice-sounding stuff” it would be almost as interesting to read as those “tips and tricks,” or as they are sometimes called, actually going out and doing stuff.
And I mean that. You don’t absolutely have to give new information in the text to write a good post. Personal stories can be nice, both as entertainment and because of the information they contain in the subtext. But stories have to be stories. They have to have a beginning and a middle, and sometimes an end. They should probably have a character or two, and these characters should probably actually go out and do stuff.