It reduces many axes to one axis: right now some people may be comfortable with advanced discussions of maths but not psychology, or the other way around, so the sets of what counts as “advanced” will vary from person to person
That’s a fair point, but I don’t see many people on LW who are productive in math discussions but trollish in psychology discussions, or vice versa. Poster quality may be multidimensional, but seems to have a strong primary component.
I pretty much agree (though am a bit surprised by your use of “trollish”—I don’t think we would want trollish comments in any section, “advanced” or “beginner”).
The problem might not be trollishness, it might be that if there’s are sections based on level of difficulty, then people will be reluctant to read and/or comment outside their self-perceived level (which might be too high or too low).
That’s a fair point, but I don’t see many people on LW who are productive in math discussions but trollish in psychology discussions, or vice versa. Poster quality may be multidimensional, but seems to have a strong primary component.
I pretty much agree (though am a bit surprised by your use of “trollish”—I don’t think we would want trollish comments in any section, “advanced” or “beginner”).
The problem might not be trollishness, it might be that if there’s are sections based on level of difficulty, then people will be reluctant to read and/or comment outside their self-perceived level (which might be too high or too low).