I agree about comment quality. For most posts, there’s a paucity of discussion and lots of comments seem to be roughly Facebook-level discourse (or lower) except far fewer than compared to Facebook.
I also think that links seem to detract from the general LW atmosphere. What about a general policy of either reposting things (if you’re the author) or writing at least a paragraph of discussion on the link before giving it?
Then, link-based posts don’t immediately bounce you away, but you’re free to click on them if the given summary / comments seem sufficiently interesting?
I agree about comment quality. For most posts, there’s a paucity of discussion and lots of comments seem to be roughly Facebook-level discourse (or lower) except far fewer than compared to Facebook.
I also think that links seem to detract from the general LW atmosphere. What about a general policy of either reposting things (if you’re the author) or writing at least a paragraph of discussion on the link before giving it?
Then, link-based posts don’t immediately bounce you away, but you’re free to click on them if the given summary / comments seem sufficiently interesting?