The people who donated money are presumably the people who liked the existing LW, and therefore their wish is probably to keep it roughly like it was, only more awesome.
I think a better historical perspective would be that they liked was LessWrong was in it’s first years of existing and felt that LessWrong declined and that there was a potential to bring it back to it’s old glory and make it even beter.
I feel like this branch of the discussion might be related to Dunbar’s Number? Either for total members or for active participants. Is there any data for number of participants over time and system versions?
However I also feel like Dunbar’s Number is probably different for different people. Social hubs have large numbers of personal friends, whereas I feel overwhelmed by any group of 150. My personal Dunbar’s Number might be around 15?
I think a better historical perspective would be that they liked was LessWrong was in it’s first years of existing and felt that LessWrong declined and that there was a potential to bring it back to it’s old glory and make it even beter.
I feel like this branch of the discussion might be related to Dunbar’s Number? Either for total members or for active participants. Is there any data for number of participants over time and system versions?
However I also feel like Dunbar’s Number is probably different for different people. Social hubs have large numbers of personal friends, whereas I feel overwhelmed by any group of 150. My personal Dunbar’s Number might be around 15?
I don’t think the history here is about Dunbar’s number.