I would support a policy where, if an LW post starts to go viral, then original authors or mods are encouraged to add disclaimers to the top of posts that they wouldn’t otherwise need to add when writing for the LW audience. As SSC sometimes does.
I would not support a policy where LW authors always preemptively write for a general audience.
Is it your impression that the general public reads LessWrong?
What’s the model where an LW blogpost in any way undermines the CDC’s credibility with the general public?
It’s my impression that posts on lesswrong occasionally go viral, as has happened a couple times lately.
Thanks for the answer, that’s a fair point.
I would support a policy where, if an LW post starts to go viral, then original authors or mods are encouraged to add disclaimers to the top of posts that they wouldn’t otherwise need to add when writing for the LW audience. As SSC sometimes does.
I would not support a policy where LW authors always preemptively write for a general audience.
I’ve been away for some time. Any idea what posts he’s talking about here?
We end up on the frontpage of Reddit or HN from time to time. The last post that got a lot of clicks (15k+) was this one: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/W5PhyEQqEWTcpRpqn/dunbar-s-function
Is there anything more recent? That post was 11 years ago.
It was on reddit like two weeks ago. LW posts have a long shelf life apparently.