Shortform posts currently feel more like they are your personal space with your own norms, that someone could visit. The Open Thread feels more like a town plaza where you are acting on shared norms, where you expect things to get a bit more visibility, but also are generally acting in a more shared social and intellectual context.
It’s not obvious that this distinction is worth having both of them, but both features seem to continue getting usage, and I personally often have a sense that a specific comment/post is more shortform or more Open Thread shaped.
Shortform posts show up on the frontpage in the recent discussion section, and can be visited from people’s profiles if they’ve created at least one shortform post. All shortform posts are listed as just one post in their post-list.
Shortform posts currently feel more like they are your personal space with your own norms, that someone could visit. The Open Thread feels more like a town plaza where you are acting on shared norms, where you expect things to get a bit more visibility, but also are generally acting in a more shared social and intellectual context.
It’s not obvious that this distinction is worth having both of them, but both features seem to continue getting usage, and I personally often have a sense that a specific comment/post is more shortform or more Open Thread shaped.
Maybe a stupid question but how do I access other people’s shortforms? First time I’m hearing of this
If you go to their pofiles, you might see their “X’s shortform post”. Alternatively, go to www.lesswrong.com/shortform
Shortform posts show up on the frontpage in the recent discussion section, and can be visited from people’s profiles if they’ve created at least one shortform post. All shortform posts are listed as just one post in their post-list.
They are also visible in the All-Posts page.