Very well I’ll be explicit, I simply wanted to avoid a flame war. Most obvious example:
Relationship advice.
That isn’t a Happy Death Spiral. It is a disgraceful mindkiller, sure. But it isn’t remotely happy, isn’t encouraged by universal reward and absence of criticism. It certainly isn’t treated with or caused by the kind of positive feedback Luke’s post advocates.
Now give me my M&Ms back.
You can have one back—but being fundamentally confused about what it is you are trying to criticize is only a weak mitigating factor.
That isn’t a Happy Death Spiral. It is a disgraceful mindkiller, sure. But it isn’t remotely happy, isn’t encouraged by universal reward and absence of criticism. It certainly isn’t treated with or caused by the kind of positive feedback Luke’s post advocates.
Do you remember the online dating profile optimization thread? LessWrong went in Vladimir_M’s words “healing crystal equivalent”. That thread was a happy death spiral.
Also if you recall the critics in the relationship threads are getting tired and frustrated and just aren’t showing up any more, someone even wrote out a full comment to that effect! Evaporative cooling dude. Sure we haven’t had a relationship thread since Luke’s part I., but its only a matter of time before someone brings it up and the critics won’t be there any more.
Do you remember the online dating profile optimization thread? LessWrong went in Vladimir_M’s words “healing crystal equivalent”. That thread was a happy death spiral.
Can you expand on why you thought it amounted to a happy death spiral? I didn’t get that impression. (I am very likely a biased source in this regard because I started using OkCupid essentially because one of the LW threads on it suggested that it was worth trying, and it has worked quite well for me, so I may be missing something obvious.)
Very well I’ll be explicit, I simply wanted to avoid a flame war. Most obvious example:
Relationship advice.
Now give me my M&Ms back.
That isn’t a Happy Death Spiral. It is a disgraceful mindkiller, sure. But it isn’t remotely happy, isn’t encouraged by universal reward and absence of criticism. It certainly isn’t treated with or caused by the kind of positive feedback Luke’s post advocates.
You can have one back—but being fundamentally confused about what it is you are trying to criticize is only a weak mitigating factor.
Do you remember the online dating profile optimization thread? LessWrong went in Vladimir_M’s words “healing crystal equivalent”. That thread was a happy death spiral.
Also if you recall the critics in the relationship threads are getting tired and frustrated and just aren’t showing up any more, someone even wrote out a full comment to that effect! Evaporative cooling dude. Sure we haven’t had a relationship thread since Luke’s part I., but its only a matter of time before someone brings it up and the critics won’t be there any more.
I only bother because I’m a Charlie Sheen.
Can you expand on why you thought it amounted to a happy death spiral? I didn’t get that impression. (I am very likely a biased source in this regard because I started using OkCupid essentially because one of the LW threads on it suggested that it was worth trying, and it has worked quite well for me, so I may be missing something obvious.)