Be less critical and more appreciative when responding to & voting on toplevel LW posts. (Inversion of the above.) Consider sending appreciative private messages for posts you like.
Experiment with composing your post in a notebook or on Medium.com and only consider sharing your post on LW once you are finished writing it. (If Paul Graham is correct, writing is a good way to clarify your thinking and generate ideas even if you don’t share.)
“Blogging carnivals” for LW with monthly themes, similar to those held on the EA Forum for a while. (Theme suggestions anyone? We could run the first carnival in July.)
Promote all of the above as cultural norms whenever the opportunity presents itself.
By the way, I attach less significance to the LW/SSC/Tumblr diaspora than you do. I’m weakly in favor of a variety of different discussion models being explored. If you’re having trouble keeping track of everything, consider an RSS reader. You can also have a “Distracting Websites” bookmarks folder in your browser that you use Chrome’s “Open All Bookmarks in New Window” feature on when you need a break or you’re relaxing in the evening.
My comment in your thread suggests a number of actions, all of which I endorse:
Be less fearful and more excited about posting things to LW. Polls indicate that LW wants to see more content. So recognize that it’s normal for people to tear your ideas apart and that good posts can have tremendous value.
Be less critical and more appreciative when responding to & voting on toplevel LW posts. (Inversion of the above.) Consider sending appreciative private messages for posts you like.
Experiment with composing your post in a notebook or on Medium.com and only consider sharing your post on LW once you are finished writing it. (If Paul Graham is correct, writing is a good way to clarify your thinking and generate ideas even if you don’t share.)
“Blogging carnivals” for LW with monthly themes, similar to those held on the EA Forum for a while. (Theme suggestions anyone? We could run the first carnival in July.)
Promote all of the above as cultural norms whenever the opportunity presents itself.
By the way, I attach less significance to the LW/SSC/Tumblr diaspora than you do. I’m weakly in favor of a variety of different discussion models being explored. If you’re having trouble keeping track of everything, consider an RSS reader. You can also have a “Distracting Websites” bookmarks folder in your browser that you use Chrome’s “Open All Bookmarks in New Window” feature on when you need a break or you’re relaxing in the evening.