what feels to me a subjectively substantially higher standard for rate-limiting or banning people who disagree with me
Positions that are contrarian or wrong in intelligent ways (or within a limited scope of a few key beliefs) provoke valuable discussion, even when they are not supported by legible arguments on the contrarian/wrong side. Without them, there is an “everybody knows” problem where some important ideas are never debated or fail to become common knowledge. I feel there is less of that than optimal on LW, it’s possible to target a level of disruption.
Positions that are contrarian or wrong in intelligent ways (or within a limited scope of a few key beliefs) provoke valuable discussion, even when they are not supported by legible arguments on the contrarian/wrong side. Without them, there is an “everybody knows” problem where some important ideas are never debated or fail to become common knowledge. I feel there is less of that than optimal on LW, it’s possible to target a level of disruption.