I notice that I (personally) feel an ugh response to link posts and don’t like being taken away from LW when I’m browsing LW. I’m not sure why.
I do too. I don’t know all the reasons, but one is simply web page design. The external page is often slow to load and unpleasant to read in comparison. This often comes with no benefit relative to just having the text in the post on LW.
Additionally, I assume that authors on other sites are a lot less likely to engage in discussion on LW, whether in comments or further posts. That seems like a big minus to me.
A related problem with link posts is that since I get sent to an external site, it’s sometimes annoying to return to LW to upvote the post after reading it.
I do too. I don’t know all the reasons, but one is simply web page design. The external page is often slow to load and unpleasant to read in comparison. This often comes with no benefit relative to just having the text in the post on LW.
Additionally, I assume that authors on other sites are a lot less likely to engage in discussion on LW, whether in comments or further posts. That seems like a big minus to me.
A related problem with link posts is that since I get sent to an external site, it’s sometimes annoying to return to LW to upvote the post after reading it.