I’ve criticized the design and implementation of the new site quite a bit (and will continue to do so… ;), but I also want to chime in to say “good job”. The LW team has made some good progress on improving things, and I have little to add to what others have said about the merits of the site (except to say that I don’t envy anyone who has to undertake a job as inherently cat-herd-wrangle-esque as building a community forum for rationalists—so any criticism I, or anyone else, makes, should be juxtaposed with an appreciation of how effective one has to be even to get the thing off the ground, much less with as much success as we’ve seen!).
I do, however, want to thank Oliver, Matthew, Ben, and Ray specifically for building, and allowing the use of, the Less Wrong API, for third parties; for their openness and gracious attitude toward “competition” (design-wise); and for all their assistance thus far in keeping our “fan project” going. Kudos, and again: thanks!
I’ve criticized the design and implementation of the new site quite a bit (and will continue to do so… ;), but I also want to chime in to say “good job”. The LW team has made some good progress on improving things, and I have little to add to what others have said about the merits of the site (except to say that I don’t envy anyone who has to undertake a job as inherently cat-herd-wrangle-esque as building a community forum for rationalists—so any criticism I, or anyone else, makes, should be juxtaposed with an appreciation of how effective one has to be even to get the thing off the ground, much less with as much success as we’ve seen!).
I do, however, want to thank Oliver, Matthew, Ben, and Ray specifically for building, and allowing the use of, the Less Wrong API, for third parties; for their openness and gracious attitude toward “competition” (design-wise); and for all their assistance thus far in keeping our “fan project” going. Kudos, and again: thanks!