Hm, very good point. Now that you mention it, I feel like in the real world, long running conversations are usually oral, not written. If true, that probably points pretty strongly away from my idea of encouraging them to happen via writing. Personally I really like having them via writing because I find it easier to keep things organized, but my personal preference isn’t relevant here, it’s the aggregate preference of the community that matters.
I wonder what it’d look like for LessWrong to encourage/support such continued oral conversations. Maybe something similar to my pledging idea, where people can express interest in an extended oral conversation. Maybe “office hours” where you can hang out in a Discord channel or something (for a predetermined duration of time?).
I think long-running conversations IRL that they are unencumbered not just by UI. They have asides, dead ends, really long re-introductions, the hope that the other person will value the topic years later to remember it, much less comment. Not months, years. LRCs are big-stakes stuff, not necessarily deep or polished or shareable or even productive. They have the freedom to fail.
Hm, very good point. Now that you mention it, I feel like in the real world, long running conversations are usually oral, not written. If true, that probably points pretty strongly away from my idea of encouraging them to happen via writing. Personally I really like having them via writing because I find it easier to keep things organized, but my personal preference isn’t relevant here, it’s the aggregate preference of the community that matters.
I wonder what it’d look like for LessWrong to encourage/support such continued oral conversations. Maybe something similar to my pledging idea, where people can express interest in an extended oral conversation. Maybe “office hours” where you can hang out in a Discord channel or something (for a predetermined duration of time?).
I think long-running conversations IRL that they are unencumbered not just by UI. They have asides, dead ends, really long re-introductions, the hope that the other person will value the topic years later to remember it, much less comment. Not months, years. LRCs are big-stakes stuff, not necessarily deep or polished or shareable or even productive. They have the freedom to fail.