Another possibility for a wall: If this is built, maybe it should have a robots.txt specifying that it doesn’t show up in search results and bounces links from all but a handful of sites (LessWrong proper, the wiki, OvercomingBias, etc). That’ll make it less likely that someone will wander in because they’re interested in getting getting kitten juice out of their upholstery, becoming upset at our godless utility-maximizing contents, and making a big fuss about it. To make sure people that are interested in the main contents of the LW site are aware of it, we can have a (collapsible) banner advertising the new site for registered users, or show the same to people who’s first visit was x-many days ago (determined via cookie).
So, basically, it could be an “open secret,” invisible to the majority of the Internet.
Another possibility for a wall: If this is built, maybe it should have a robots.txt specifying that it doesn’t show up in search results and bounces links from all but a handful of sites (LessWrong proper, the wiki, OvercomingBias, etc). That’ll make it less likely that someone will wander in because they’re interested in getting getting kitten juice out of their upholstery, becoming upset at our godless utility-maximizing contents, and making a big fuss about it. To make sure people that are interested in the main contents of the LW site are aware of it, we can have a (collapsible) banner advertising the new site for registered users, or show the same to people who’s first visit was x-many days ago (determined via cookie).
So, basically, it could be an “open secret,” invisible to the majority of the Internet.