My willingness to cross post from Putanumonit will depend on the standards of quality and tone in LW 2.0. One of my favorite things about LW was the consistency of the writing: the subject matter, the way the posts were structured , the language used and the overall quality. Posting on LW was intimidating, but I didn’t necessarily consider it a bad thing because it meant that almost every post was gold.
In the diaspora, everyone sets their own standards. I consider myself very much a rationality blogger and get linked from r/LessWrong and r/slatestarcodex, but my posts are often about things like NBA stats or Pokemon, I use a lot of pictures and a lighter tone, and I don’t have a list of 50 academic citations at the bottom of each post. I feel that my much writing isn’t a good fit for G Wiley’s budding rationalist community blog, let alone old LW.
I guess what I’m saying is that there’s a tradeoff between catching more of the diaspora and having consistent standards. The scale goes from old LW standards (strictest) → cross posting → links with centralized discussion → blogroll (loosest). Any point on the scale could work, but it’s important to recognize the tradeoff and also to make the standards extremely clear so that each writer can decide whether they’re in or out.
My willingness to cross post from Putanumonit will depend on the standards of quality and tone in LW 2.0. One of my favorite things about LW was the consistency of the writing: the subject matter, the way the posts were structured , the language used and the overall quality. Posting on LW was intimidating, but I didn’t necessarily consider it a bad thing because it meant that almost every post was gold.
In the diaspora, everyone sets their own standards. I consider myself very much a rationality blogger and get linked from r/LessWrong and r/slatestarcodex, but my posts are often about things like NBA stats or Pokemon, I use a lot of pictures and a lighter tone, and I don’t have a list of 50 academic citations at the bottom of each post. I feel that my much writing isn’t a good fit for G Wiley’s budding rationalist community blog, let alone old LW.
I guess what I’m saying is that there’s a tradeoff between catching more of the diaspora and having consistent standards. The scale goes from old LW standards (strictest) → cross posting → links with centralized discussion → blogroll (loosest). Any point on the scale could work, but it’s important to recognize the tradeoff and also to make the standards extremely clear so that each writer can decide whether they’re in or out.