Earlier this year, the LW team added the ability to hide posts from logged out users, and to prevent newly created accounts from commenting. I think I feel better about abortion discussion if we applied those filters.
I think abortion debates are quite likely to attract the wrong sort of people, and I agree with other commenters that it’d really need to be an actively good article with a novel take in order to be worthwhile. I also think now is a particularly bad time to do it – I think there is some interesting philosophical stuff to examine about abortion through a lessWrong lens, but bringing it up right now is most likely to be swept up in a tribal conflict that is neither “effective altruism” (due to overcrowdedness) as well as not really focusing on the aspects I think LW could do a good job with,
But that all said, you’re welcome to make the post. Mods might do something to limit it’s visibility.
I’m thinking of asking as another question post, or at least a post seeking feedback probably more than trying to stake a strong claim. Provoking debate for the sake of it would hinder that goal, so I’d try to writing any post in a way to avoid that. Those filters applied to any post I might write wouldn’t hinder any kind of feedback I’d seek. The social barriers to posting raised by others with the concerns you expressed are seeming high enough that I’m unsure I’ll post it after all.
Earlier this year, the LW team added the ability to hide posts from logged out users, and to prevent newly created accounts from commenting. I think I feel better about abortion discussion if we applied those filters.
I think abortion debates are quite likely to attract the wrong sort of people, and I agree with other commenters that it’d really need to be an actively good article with a novel take in order to be worthwhile. I also think now is a particularly bad time to do it – I think there is some interesting philosophical stuff to examine about abortion through a lessWrong lens, but bringing it up right now is most likely to be swept up in a tribal conflict that is neither “effective altruism” (due to overcrowdedness) as well as not really focusing on the aspects I think LW could do a good job with,
But that all said, you’re welcome to make the post. Mods might do something to limit it’s visibility.
Why don’t you give that ability to authors of posts?
Mostly just haven’t gotten around to it, I think.
I’m thinking of asking as another question post, or at least a post seeking feedback probably more than trying to stake a strong claim. Provoking debate for the sake of it would hinder that goal, so I’d try to writing any post in a way to avoid that. Those filters applied to any post I might write wouldn’t hinder any kind of feedback I’d seek. The social barriers to posting raised by others with the concerns you expressed are seeming high enough that I’m unsure I’ll post it after all.