That comment is something of a non sequitur to me. Abstracting recently published papers doesn’t strike me as a central example of a news feed, and I’m not sure why such abstracts don’t belong in our open threads (granted, those abstracts might be better suited to the media thread).
I don’t appreciate having information thrown at me without explanation. I visit the open thread (And LW) to see what people have to say. Unless the user is the publisher of the paper, they should be including their own reason for sharing; some kind of explanation of why this copy-paste is better than drivel found anywhere else on the internet.
I believe this lowers the standard of the place we have here to have an anonymous user posting in this way.
Multiple solutions:
get an account
stop posting
include comments or analysis
start a new thread for it so it doesn’t cloud up the OT
The Open Thread is for all posts that don’t necessitate their own thread. The media thread is for recommendations on entertainment. I don’t see why comments should be necessary to bring a paper to LWs attention, especially in the Open Thread, and others clearly disagree with your opinion on this matter.
There is a combination of multiple factors that I have an issue with.
anonymous user
multiple posts
no commentary or discussion started
link outbound
repeated process each week
Alone I have no problem with any of these things (or a few of them); together they add up to; “that which by slow decay” destroys the nature of Lesswrong as we had it before.
There are multiple reasonable solutions to this problem; which include:
me leaving Lesswrong for greener pastures.
changing any of the 5 things:
making an account
posting less each week
starting a discussion
not linking outbound (but also not starting content that links outbound)
not doing it every week
But I would like the 5 changes to be tackled first before I leave.
That comment is something of a non sequitur to me. Abstracting recently published papers doesn’t strike me as a central example of a news feed, and I’m not sure why such abstracts don’t belong in our open threads (granted, those abstracts might be better suited to the media thread).
I don’t appreciate having information thrown at me without explanation. I visit the open thread (And LW) to see what people have to say. Unless the user is the publisher of the paper, they should be including their own reason for sharing; some kind of explanation of why this copy-paste is better than drivel found anywhere else on the internet.
I believe this lowers the standard of the place we have here to have an anonymous user posting in this way.
Multiple solutions:
get an account
stop posting
include comments or analysis
start a new thread for it so it doesn’t cloud up the OT
The Open Thread is for all posts that don’t necessitate their own thread. The media thread is for recommendations on entertainment. I don’t see why comments should be necessary to bring a paper to LWs attention, especially in the Open Thread, and others clearly disagree with your opinion on this matter.
There is a combination of multiple factors that I have an issue with.
anonymous user
multiple posts
no commentary or discussion started
link outbound
repeated process each week
Alone I have no problem with any of these things (or a few of them); together they add up to; “that which by slow decay” destroys the nature of Lesswrong as we had it before.
There are multiple reasonable solutions to this problem; which include:
me leaving Lesswrong for greener pastures.
changing any of the 5 things:
making an account
posting less each week
starting a discussion
not linking outbound (but also not starting content that links outbound)
not doing it every week
But I would like the 5 changes to be tackled first before I leave.