Maybe I am naive, but, how about explicitly stating, by some high status member, that we would be very happy if they contributed here ?
Eliezer wrote the same thing about women.
http://lesswrong.com/lw/ap/of_gender_and_rationality/
It was not exactly “Women, come, please” but it was clear they would be welcome to participate.
It might have helped.
Or maybe the increased percentage in the census result was due to something else ?
How would I know...
If you want to increase your fish-size, articles / comment threads which generate lots of upvotes are a good way to do it. And since your fish-size is small already there’s not much to lose if people don’t like it.
Maybe I am naive, but, how about explicitly stating, by some high status member, that we would be very happy if they contributed here ?
Eliezer wrote the same thing about women. http://lesswrong.com/lw/ap/of_gender_and_rationality/ It was not exactly “Women, come, please” but it was clear they would be welcome to participate. It might have helped. Or maybe the increased percentage in the census result was due to something else ? How would I know...
And note that Eliezer did not forbid pick-up art discussion and whatever You guys hold dear.
I could try and write a similar post as was that about women, but I am a small fish in this pond.
If you want to increase your fish-size, articles / comment threads which generate lots of upvotes are a good way to do it. And since your fish-size is small already there’s not much to lose if people don’t like it.
Please do! It would be worth a try (though I’m not totally sure what kind of post you want to write...)