Another consideration: common knowledge creation has a cooperative and competitive component. In a forum where anyone can post at any time, there’s an implied “race to the bottom” accentuating the competitive aspect, as people worried the discourse will crystallize around a wrong idea may race to get their stuff in even half-baked, in order to head off something even worse. Standards to some extent help against this, but LW’s current standards are decidedly mixed.
Another consideration: common knowledge creation has a cooperative and competitive component. In a forum where anyone can post at any time, there’s an implied “race to the bottom” accentuating the competitive aspect, as people worried the discourse will crystallize around a wrong idea may race to get their stuff in even half-baked, in order to head off something even worse. Standards to some extent help against this, but LW’s current standards are decidedly mixed.