I’ve wondered the same thing; I’ve suggested before merging them, so that posts in shortform would automatically be posted into that month’s open thread and vice versa. As it is, I every now and then can’t decide which one to post in, so I post in neither.
I think it’s pretty plausible we will kill Open Threads after we adopt the EA Forum “Quick Takes” design, which I currently like more than our shortform.
I’ve wondered the same thing; I’ve suggested before merging them, so that posts in shortform would automatically be posted into that month’s open thread and vice versa. As it is, I every now and then can’t decide which one to post in, so I post in neither.
I think it’s pretty plausible we will kill Open Threads after we adopt the EA Forum “Quick Takes” design, which I currently like more than our shortform.