There’s a fairly weird idea that’s possible here (I have a similar sense for Shortform Feed).
LessWrong has a fundamental problem where I want the top contributors to easily be able to write short, off the cuff stuff that fleshes out their thoughts in realtime without having to stress about getting nit-picked. I want top contributors to lower their standards for engagement. I don’t necessarily want newcomers to lower their standards of engagement.
A possibility for both reactions, and shortform feed, is for them to only be available to people with N karma. A lot of the blight I associate with social media has to do with large numbers of people smashing into each other without sharing context. If the number of people who receive nudges towards low-effort interactions is fairly small and high quality, it might be better than giving those nudges to everyone, or to no one.
There’s a fairly weird idea that’s possible here (I have a similar sense for Shortform Feed).
LessWrong has a fundamental problem where I want the top contributors to easily be able to write short, off the cuff stuff that fleshes out their thoughts in realtime without having to stress about getting nit-picked. I want top contributors to lower their standards for engagement. I don’t necessarily want newcomers to lower their standards of engagement.
A possibility for both reactions, and shortform feed, is for them to only be available to people with N karma. A lot of the blight I associate with social media has to do with large numbers of people smashing into each other without sharing context. If the number of people who receive nudges towards low-effort interactions is fairly small and high quality, it might be better than giving those nudges to everyone, or to no one.