In addition to the mixed reaction to Louie’s post in the comments section, and your response above, this seems sufficient for me to change how I would include Louie’s post. It’s popular enough that since it launched a business I will include it as an example of a positive externality of Less Wrong, but it’s not an example that will dominate the others. I might contact the business Louie’s article inspired directly to ask them what they think of this. I figure this would return information at least as reliable as Louie’s estimates, assuming the company in question will be honest.
In addition to the mixed reaction to Louie’s post in the comments section, and your response above, this seems sufficient for me to change how I would include Louie’s post. It’s popular enough that since it launched a business I will include it as an example of a positive externality of Less Wrong, but it’s not an example that will dominate the others. I might contact the business Louie’s article inspired directly to ask them what they think of this. I figure this would return information at least as reliable as Louie’s estimates, assuming the company in question will be honest.