Why not just enforce keeping meetup posts in the discussion area? I’ve always imagined that “casual” LW readers, who are pretty unlikely to go to a meetup and probably don’t even have an account here, tend to only read the front page, while people who actually post and have LW occupy a decent amount of their day are pretty likely to read the discussions too, and also are the kind of people who would care about a meetup. This does make it so that casual readers are less likely to be transformed into LW junkies, but I’m curious if the arrow of causality actually ever points that way in practice (attend meetup → start participating in discussion area).
Are there any specific examples of people only casually reading LW, then attending a meetup, then starting to participate much more? Or is everyone who cares about meetups already a regular participant in discussions?
Why not just enforce keeping meetup posts in the discussion area? I’ve always imagined that “casual” LW readers, who are pretty unlikely to go to a meetup and probably don’t even have an account here, tend to only read the front page, while people who actually post and have LW occupy a decent amount of their day are pretty likely to read the discussions too, and also are the kind of people who would care about a meetup. This does make it so that casual readers are less likely to be transformed into LW junkies, but I’m curious if the arrow of causality actually ever points that way in practice (attend meetup → start participating in discussion area).
Are there any specific examples of people only casually reading LW, then attending a meetup, then starting to participate much more? Or is everyone who cares about meetups already a regular participant in discussions?