I checked out the post you linked because I found this comment to be both well-written and insightful.
And I found your essay to be similarly interesting, so I’m just as surprised as you are by the non-existent reception.
Perhaps we should be aware of trivial inconveniences? Clicking a link might not seem like much of an investment, but when there are so many other quality posts on this site, it could be just enough of a hassle to deter engagement. Especially since you appear to be a newer member of Lesswrong, so you haven’t had time to develop a reputation as a high-level contributer.
Yeah, I almost wish I’d excluded that reference to my own post. Re-reading it now, I realize it comes off as “woe is me, no one read my post” but I more meant it as “just removing hurdles has its own problems, like sometimes publishing stuff that isn’t very good. Therefore, I’m not yet sure where the right balance lies.”
I checked out the post you linked because I found this comment to be both well-written and insightful.
And I found your essay to be similarly interesting, so I’m just as surprised as you are by the non-existent reception.
Perhaps we should be aware of trivial inconveniences? Clicking a link might not seem like much of an investment, but when there are so many other quality posts on this site, it could be just enough of a hassle to deter engagement. Especially since you appear to be a newer member of Lesswrong, so you haven’t had time to develop a reputation as a high-level contributer.
I second the trivial inconveniences point. I have to have good reason to expect a post is quite good before I’ll bother clicking a link to read it.
Yeah, I almost wish I’d excluded that reference to my own post. Re-reading it now, I realize it comes off as “woe is me, no one read my post” but I more meant it as “just removing hurdles has its own problems, like sometimes publishing stuff that isn’t very good. Therefore, I’m not yet sure where the right balance lies.”