I’m not sure I’ve properly understood the complaint, but I think the recently posted Frontpage/Personal site guide post sheds light on what kind of content is welcome on LessWrong and where it goes.
Posts on practically any topic are welcomed on LessWrong [1]. I (and others on the team) feel it is important that members are able to “bring their entire selves” to LessWrong and are able to share all their thoughts, ideas, and experiences without fearing whether they are “on topic” for LessWrong. Rationality is not restricted to only specific domains of one’s life and neither should LessWrong be.
However, to maintain its overall focus while still allowing posts on any topic, LessWrong classifies posts as eitherPersonal blogpostsor asFrontpage posts.
If you go to the AllPosts page and apply no filter, you will see personal blogposts too on which there are few restrictions of topic.
I don’t think I would quite embrace a distinction of “really part of LW” vs “not really part of LW”, though I do expect the Frontpage vs Personal Blogpost distinction will map to a fair extent onto “is material representative of what people associate with LW” vs “material on lots of random topics.”
As with that recent post, we’re working to make it clear what material is welcome on LessWrong, where it can be seen, and how people can use the site to see what they want to see.
I’m not sure I’ve properly understood the complaint, but I think the recently posted Frontpage/Personal site guide post sheds light on what kind of content is welcome on LessWrong and where it goes.
If you go to the AllPosts page and apply no filter, you will see personal blogposts too on which there are few restrictions of topic.
I don’t think I would quite embrace a distinction of “really part of LW” vs “not really part of LW”, though I do expect the Frontpage vs Personal Blogpost distinction will map to a fair extent onto “is material representative of what people associate with LW” vs “material on lots of random topics.”
As with that recent post, we’re working to make it clear what material is welcome on LessWrong, where it can be seen, and how people can use the site to see what they want to see.