Not just in terms of Politics is the Mind Killer over the contentious claims you make, but primarily over the assertion that you can make contentious claims and shut down discussion over them. This seems like a very serious norms violation regarding what LessWrong is about.
Shutting down comments is not shutting down all discussion. If you have a disagreement that you find needs to be heard you can still write your own post to voice it.
Top-level posts are more important then comments for LessWrong and the LessWrong policy is that to encourage people to make top-level post this comes with the right to dictate the comment policy freely.
I just saw this in recent discussion, just want to add a detail to Christian’s comment, which is that you can dictate comment policy freely on Personal Blog; there are more standards for Frontpage posts.
Yeah, looks like we don’t have super much on the comment moderation on frontpage posts. Generally, we apply roughly the same dimensions for evaluating comments as for posts, which are listed here:
Useful, novel, and relevant to many LessWrong members
“Timeless”, i.e. minimizes references to current events and is likely to remain useful even after a few years
The post attempts to explain rather than persuade
This comment might also provide some useful additional clarification.
Below the comment box on every frontpage post (after you click on it), it also shows a set of guidelines:
Frontpage comment guidelines:
Aim to explain, not persuade
Try to offer concrete models and predictions
If you disagree, try getting curious about what your partner is thinking
Don’t be afraid to say ‘oops’ and change your mind
Shutting down comments is not shutting down all discussion. If you have a disagreement that you find needs to be heard you can still write your own post to voice it.
Top-level posts are more important then comments for LessWrong and the LessWrong policy is that to encourage people to make top-level post this comes with the right to dictate the comment policy freely.
I just saw this in recent discussion, just want to add a detail to Christian’s comment, which is that you can dictate comment policy freely on Personal Blog; there are more standards for Frontpage posts.
The FAQ says:
If there are more standards for the moderation of Frontpage posts, where are they written down?
Yeah, looks like we don’t have super much on the comment moderation on frontpage posts. Generally, we apply roughly the same dimensions for evaluating comments as for posts, which are listed here:
This comment might also provide some useful additional clarification.
Below the comment box on every frontpage post (after you click on it), it also shows a set of guidelines: