You’re right, but this isn’t supposed to be a forum—I think it’s better to make off-topic conversations less convenient. The system seems to work adequately right now.
I suppose you’re right in saying that LW isn’t supposed to be a forum, but the fact remains that there is a growing trend towards more casual/off-topic/non-rationalism discussion, which seems perfectly fine to me given that we are a community of generally like-minded people. I suspect that it would be preferable to many if LW had better accommodations for these sort of interactions, perhaps something separate from main site so we could cleanly distinguish serious rationalism discussion from off-topic discussion.
You’re right, but this isn’t supposed to be a forum—I think it’s better to make off-topic conversations less convenient. The system seems to work adequately right now.
I suppose you’re right in saying that LW isn’t supposed to be a forum, but the fact remains that there is a growing trend towards more casual/off-topic/non-rationalism discussion, which seems perfectly fine to me given that we are a community of generally like-minded people. I suspect that it would be preferable to many if LW had better accommodations for these sort of interactions, perhaps something separate from main site so we could cleanly distinguish serious rationalism discussion from off-topic discussion.
Perhaps a monthly or quarterly lounge thread could serve this function, provided it does not become too much of a distraction.