(ii) seems good, and worth adding more hands and voices to; it seems to me we can do it in a distributed fashion, and just start adding to LW and going for momentum, though.
sarahconstantin and some others have in fact been doing something like (ii), and was I suspect a partial cause of e.g. this post of mine, and of:
Efforts to add to (ii) would I think be extremely welcome; it is a good idea, and I may do more of it as well.
If anyone reading has a desire to revitalize LW, reading some of these or other posts and adding a substantive (or appreciative) comment is another way to encourage thoughtful posting.
I also support (ii) and have been trying to recruit more good bloggers.
I’ll note that good writers tend to be low on “civic virtue”—creative work tends to cut against that as a motivation. I’m still trying to think of good ways to smooth the incentive gradient for writers.
One possibility is to get some people to spend a weekend together—rent a place in Big Sur or something—and brainstorm/hype up some LW-specific ideas together, which will be posted in real time.
One possibility is to get some people to spend a weekend together—rent a place in Big Sur or something—and brainstorm/hype up some LW-specific ideas together, which will be posted in real time.
I meant to propose something even more specific. Using for example a Google Form, you collect a list of people who agree to post on LW if and only if that list surpasses 200 names.
Once it gets to 200, you email everybody and tell them LW is relaunching.
(ii) seems good, and worth adding more hands and voices to; it seems to me we can do it in a distributed fashion, and just start adding to LW and going for momentum, though.
sarahconstantin and some others have in fact been doing something like (ii), and was I suspect a partial cause of e.g. this post of mine, and of:
By paulchristiano:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/o5y/if_we_cant_lie_to_others_we_will_lie_to_ourselves/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/o5h/less_costly_signaling/
By Benquo:
http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/o43/matching_donation_fundraisers_can_be_harmfully/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/o56/sample_means_how_do_they_work/
By sarahconstantin:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/o5m/industry_matters_2_partial_retraction/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/o55/vestibular_stimulation_and_fat_loss/
http://lesswrong.com/lw/o41/on_trying_not_to_be_wrong/
Efforts to add to (ii) would I think be extremely welcome; it is a good idea, and I may do more of it as well.
If anyone reading has a desire to revitalize LW, reading some of these or other posts and adding a substantive (or appreciative) comment is another way to encourage thoughtful posting.
I also support (ii) and have been trying to recruit more good bloggers.
I’ll note that good writers tend to be low on “civic virtue”—creative work tends to cut against that as a motivation. I’m still trying to think of good ways to smooth the incentive gradient for writers.
One possibility is to get some people to spend a weekend together—rent a place in Big Sur or something—and brainstorm/hype up some LW-specific ideas together, which will be posted in real time.
This sounds like an excellent idea.
I agree that this is great.
I meant to propose something even more specific. Using for example a Google Form, you collect a list of people who agree to post on LW if and only if that list surpasses 200 names.
Once it gets to 200, you email everybody and tell them LW is relaunching.
Do I think it’d work? Maybe.