One obstacle not discussed is the ‘tone’ or ‘pleasantness’ of posting to LW. Since this is a huge reason why people left, that may seem like an oversight, but I think the fix is fairly routine and so not worth much space in the post.
Right now, the Diaspora solves this by only bringing things people actively seek out to their attention. If you’re going to Scott’s blog, you’ll know that you’ll see the occasional post about Tom Swifties, and it’s his blog, so who are you to complain about it?
It seems like subreddits partially solve that problem (“What is this cryonics doing in my rationality?” becomes “Well, what’d you expect from the medical futurology subreddit?”), and tags do an even better job (tagging something “rigorous” will attract attention you want, and not tagging it that will hopefully dissuade attention you don’t want).
Add in some active moderation and better voting / tagging powers for respected users, and you’re mostly done.
One obstacle not discussed is the ‘tone’ or ‘pleasantness’ of posting to LW. Since this is a huge reason why people left, that may seem like an oversight, but I think the fix is fairly routine and so not worth much space in the post.
Right now, the Diaspora solves this by only bringing things people actively seek out to their attention. If you’re going to Scott’s blog, you’ll know that you’ll see the occasional post about Tom Swifties, and it’s his blog, so who are you to complain about it?
It seems like subreddits partially solve that problem (“What is this cryonics doing in my rationality?” becomes “Well, what’d you expect from the medical futurology subreddit?”), and tags do an even better job (tagging something “rigorous” will attract attention you want, and not tagging it that will hopefully dissuade attention you don’t want).
Add in some active moderation and better voting / tagging powers for respected users, and you’re mostly done.