I think the first step is for whoever controls LW, which I suppose is Eliezer, to hand over control to someone who’s active on the site. This is important because promoting posts is important to get a high viewcount. I don’t get the impression anybody reads all the new posts to Main and promotes the ones they think are good.
More transparency about who’s in charge and how they operate LW would be good during and after this process.
Eliezer’s policy was explicitly, “Although you now create the content for LessWrong, that gives you no right to have any say in how it’s run.” I think that’s part of why people left, and ought to change going forward.
I think the first step is for whoever controls LW, which I suppose is Eliezer, to hand over control to someone who’s active on the site. This is important because promoting posts is important to get a high viewcount. I don’t get the impression anybody reads all the new posts to Main and promotes the ones they think are good.
More transparency about who’s in charge and how they operate LW would be good during and after this process.
Eliezer’s policy was explicitly, “Although you now create the content for LessWrong, that gives you no right to have any say in how it’s run.” I think that’s part of why people left, and ought to change going forward.