I disagree with #1 and #2, and I don’t identify as a rationalist (or for that matter, much as a member of any community), but I think it is true that Less Wrong has been abandoned without being replaced by anything equally good, and that is a sad thing. In that sense I would be happy to see attempts to revive it.
I definitely disagree with the comment that SSC has a better layout, however; I think people moved there because there were no upvotes and downvotes. The layout for comments there is awful, and it has a very limited number of levels, which after a few comments prevents you from responding directly to anything.
Eh, one thing I’ve noticed about SSC is a number of deeply bad comments, which I don’t think I’ve seen on LW. Yes, there are also good comments, but I can imagine someone five years ago looking at the state of SSC commenting now and saying “and this is why we need to ban politics” instead of seeing it as a positive change.
I disagree with #1 and #2, and I don’t identify as a rationalist (or for that matter, much as a member of any community), but I think it is true that Less Wrong has been abandoned without being replaced by anything equally good, and that is a sad thing. In that sense I would be happy to see attempts to revive it.
I definitely disagree with the comment that SSC has a better layout, however; I think people moved there because there were no upvotes and downvotes. The layout for comments there is awful, and it has a very limited number of levels, which after a few comments prevents you from responding directly to anything.
Gonna chip in a +1 regarding SSC’s comment system. There are good comments, but this seems in spite of the comment mechanism, not because.
Eh, one thing I’ve noticed about SSC is a number of deeply bad comments, which I don’t think I’ve seen on LW. Yes, there are also good comments, but I can imagine someone five years ago looking at the state of SSC commenting now and saying “and this is why we need to ban politics” instead of seeing it as a positive change.