It would facilitate new discussion. Assuming we want people to comment on the new rather than the old thread, it would be annoying to keep having to refer back to an old post when commenting on the new post.
Much simpler to just copy/paste the old post & add in some edits than to provide a summary.
Only Eliezer can update the original post, as far as I know. So if we want to put in the edits we’ll need a new copy.
But a link to the original post is obviously a good idea.
Reasons for re-posting the whole thing:
It would facilitate new discussion. Assuming we want people to comment on the new rather than the old thread, it would be annoying to keep having to refer back to an old post when commenting on the new post.
Much simpler to just copy/paste the old post & add in some edits than to provide a summary.
Only Eliezer can update the original post, as far as I know. So if we want to put in the edits we’ll need a new copy.
But a link to the original post is obviously a good idea.
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