I’ve been long time thinking about asking whether we could have something like a “Ask the LWers” thread where you could post personal questions in hope to get some helpful rational outside view.
I’ve been long time thinking about asking whether we could have something like a “Ask the LWers” thread where you could post personal questions in hope to get some helpful rational outside view.
Have you encountered specific instances where asking such a question in the open thread didn’t provoke a desired response? Or are there enough such questions that they clog up the open thread? If so then a new thread sounds useful!
Have you encountered specific instances where asking such a question in the open thread didn’t provoke a desired response?
No, I haven’t. Actually, I very rarely check the open thread (though trying to rectify this). I think it might help to have this (and maybe a couple other recurring threads) to be sticky.
If there was enough personal questions it might be worth to have a thread for them. If one of the aims of LW is to improve life via rationality, this is well aligned and likely a useful thing. How to properly ask such a questions would have to be worked out too...
I’ve been long time thinking about asking whether we could have something like a “Ask the LWers” thread where you could post personal questions in hope to get some helpful rational outside view.
Have you encountered specific instances where asking such a question in the open thread didn’t provoke a desired response? Or are there enough such questions that they clog up the open thread? If so then a new thread sounds useful!
No, I haven’t. Actually, I very rarely check the open thread (though trying to rectify this). I think it might help to have this (and maybe a couple other recurring threads) to be sticky.
If there was enough personal questions it might be worth to have a thread for them. If one of the aims of LW is to improve life via rationality, this is well aligned and likely a useful thing. How to properly ask such a questions would have to be worked out too...
This is what I was contemplating! Could you create an article with this proposal?
Or just create the thread, and then see if it gets used. :P Less meta-proposals, more empiricism.