There is a big effect if you look at time in the community rather than sequence reading. 38% of newcomers who have been part of the LW community for under a year picked “socialist”, compared to only 21% of the oldtimers who have been part of LW for 2 years or more. Most of the shift is from libertarianism, which is at only 28% of newcomers vs. 41% of oldtimers.
There is a big effect if you look at time in the community rather than sequence reading. 38% of newcomers who have been part of the LW community for under a year picked “socialist”, compared to only 21% of the oldtimers who have been part of LW for 2 years or more. Most of the shift is from libertarianism, which is at only 28% of newcomers vs. 41% of oldtimers.
Since old-timers tend to be Overcoming Bias fans the libertarian-leaning nature of that blog explains the difference.