Yeah, I absolutely feel like this. I also have a number of LW posts that are in a quarter-baked state. Every now and then I work on one of them a bit more. I have no idea when I’ll feel comfortable posting any of them, because I want them to be well-received.
… with a little more reflection: I think this also subtly affects how I write on here. Little less playful, DEF fewer emojis. Tots don’t wanna look basic in-front of the other rats. Tots don’t wanna seem like I’m trying too hard.
(Totally hoping I score big up votes with this first comment.)
I encourage you to post the quarter-baked ones sooner rather than later.
The community hasn’t rejected something unless you land in the negatives, which is pretty rare.
I’ve never been in anyplace better for rewarding clear expressions of where thoughts are incomplete. Further, if you write incomplete thoughts accompanied by questions, there are often comments containing helpful further reading, even on issues not core to the community’s interests.
I do not have advanced training in formalism or anything, so earlier posts which spend more effort describing the intuitions and false starts are the most valuable stage for me to consume in the intellectual pipeline.
Think of quarter-baked like a cheap test: if it gets some votes anyway, people are interested. Then the next post will be better, and most of us like ideas being carried farther along in development. I’m pretty sure this is an aesthetic thing entirely separate from the idea itself.
I think the negative effect of additional upvote/downvote options complicate the UI more than it would help. But I often wish I could sort by controversial or sort in a way that ignores downvotes.
Yeah, I absolutely feel like this. I also have a number of LW posts that are in a quarter-baked state. Every now and then I work on one of them a bit more. I have no idea when I’ll feel comfortable posting any of them, because I want them to be well-received.
The reputation system really encourages pruning.
… with a little more reflection: I think this also subtly affects how I write on here. Little less playful, DEF fewer emojis. Tots don’t wanna look basic in-front of the other rats. Tots don’t wanna seem like I’m trying too hard.
(Totally hoping I score big up votes with this first comment.)
(pant pant pant gasp wheeze !!)
Relax, you did great!
I encourage you to post the quarter-baked ones sooner rather than later.
The community hasn’t rejected something unless you land in the negatives, which is pretty rare.
I’ve never been in anyplace better for rewarding clear expressions of where thoughts are incomplete. Further, if you write incomplete thoughts accompanied by questions, there are often comments containing helpful further reading, even on issues not core to the community’s interests.
I do not have advanced training in formalism or anything, so earlier posts which spend more effort describing the intuitions and false starts are the most valuable stage for me to consume in the intellectual pipeline.
Think of quarter-baked like a cheap test: if it gets some votes anyway, people are interested. Then the next post will be better, and most of us like ideas being carried farther along in development. I’m pretty sure this is an aesthetic thing entirely separate from the idea itself.
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I wonder if making reputation multi-dimensional would help?
I think the negative effect of additional upvote/downvote options complicate the UI more than it would help. But I often wish I could sort by controversial or sort in a way that ignores downvotes.
I always upvote liberally to create good incentives ;D