There’s no shortage of internet fora which lack LessWrong’s highly critical environment. They also have much less intelligent discussion. I think there is a connection between these two.
The connection is obvious. Now that I’ve thought about this some more, maybe some good people leaving is an unavoidable side effect. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be tactful with the criticism, unless you want certain people to leave and not change their minds, which might sometimes be an understandable goal too.
There’s no shortage of internet fora which lack LessWrong’s highly critical environment. They also have much less intelligent discussion. I think there is a connection between these two.
The connection is obvious. Now that I’ve thought about this some more, maybe some good people leaving is an unavoidable side effect. This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be tactful with the criticism, unless you want certain people to leave and not change their minds, which might sometimes be an understandable goal too.