Sorry, I was probably editing that answer while you were reading/replying to it—but I don’t think I changed anything significant.
Definitely worth posting the papers to github or somewhere else convenient, IMO, and preferably linking directly to them. (I know there’s a tradeoff here with driving traffic to your Substack, but my instinct is you’ll gain more by maximising your chance of retaining and impressing readers than by getting them to temporarily land on your Substack before they’ve decided whether you’re worth reading.)
LWers are definitely not immune to status considerations, but anything that looks like prioritising status over clear, efficient communication will tend to play badly.
And yeah, I think leading with ‘crazy shit’ can sometimes work, but IME this is almost always when it’s either: used as a catchy hook and quickly followed by a rewind to a more normal starting point; part of a piece so entertaining and compellingly-written that the reader can’t resist going along with it; or done by a writer who already has high status and a devoted readership.
Sorry, I was probably editing that answer while you were reading/replying to it—but I don’t think I changed anything significant.
Definitely worth posting the papers to github or somewhere else convenient, IMO, and preferably linking directly to them. (I know there’s a tradeoff here with driving traffic to your Substack, but my instinct is you’ll gain more by maximising your chance of retaining and impressing readers than by getting them to temporarily land on your Substack before they’ve decided whether you’re worth reading.)
LWers are definitely not immune to status considerations, but anything that looks like prioritising status over clear, efficient communication will tend to play badly.
And yeah, I think leading with ‘crazy shit’ can sometimes work, but IME this is almost always when it’s either: used as a catchy hook and quickly followed by a rewind to a more normal starting point; part of a piece so entertaining and compellingly-written that the reader can’t resist going along with it; or done by a writer who already has high status and a devoted readership.
Why not post the contents of the papers directly on Substack? They would only be one click away from here, and would not compete against Substack.
From my perspective, adacemia.edu and Substack are equally respectable (that is, not at all).