If there were one dial I’d want to experiment with turning on LW it would be writing quality, in the direction of more of it.
I’d like to highlight this. In general, I think fewer things should be promoted to the front page.
[edit, several days later]: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SiPX84DAeNKGZEfr5/do-websites-and-apps-actually-generally-get-worse-after is a prime example. This has nothing to do with rationality or AI alignment. This is the sort of off-topic chatter that belongs somewhere else on the Internet.
[edit, almost a year later]: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dfKTbyzQSrpcWnxfC/2025-color-trends is an even better example of off-topic cross-posting that the author should not be rewarded for doing.
I’d like to highlight this. In general, I think fewer things should be promoted to the front page.
[edit, several days later]: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SiPX84DAeNKGZEfr5/do-websites-and-apps-actually-generally-get-worse-after is a prime example. This has nothing to do with rationality or AI alignment. This is the sort of off-topic chatter that belongs somewhere else on the Internet.
[edit, almost a year later]: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dfKTbyzQSrpcWnxfC/2025-color-trends is an even better example of off-topic cross-posting that the author should not be rewarded for doing.