I have not yet read the post in full, but my initial take reading the title and first paragraph gave me a sense that “this post is trying to persuade me of something.”
This is a fuzzy boundary, but it’s something we try to avoid on the frontpage of LW (where the goal is to be in collaborative truthseeking mode, instead of persuade and/or defend-yourself-against-persuasion mode). Calls-to-action should go on your personal blog (you can click “move to personal blog”). Basically we’re trying to defend ourselves against the slow decay into a clickbaity political forum.
In many cases a call to action can be rewrote to be more of an explanation of an idea than a call-to-action, and it looks like the details of this post are very much in that category, and you could probably change the title and some of the opening language to be a better fit. (By contrast, posts that are literally pitching people on funding an organization make more sense embracing the call-to-action nature, and accepting the lower visibility that comes with being on a personal blog)
I can’t remember what the original title/first paragraph said, have a vague sense that maybe they were edited in the past couple days, but still feel like the current vibe of the beginning of the post isn’t quite right for frontpage, and am moving it to your personal blog.
I still think it’s an achievable goal to frame this post in a frontpage-appropriate fashion, can chat more about it if you’d like.
I have not yet read the post in full, but my initial take reading the title and first paragraph gave me a sense that “this post is trying to persuade me of something.”
This is a fuzzy boundary, but it’s something we try to avoid on the frontpage of LW (where the goal is to be in collaborative truthseeking mode, instead of persuade and/or defend-yourself-against-persuasion mode). Calls-to-action should go on your personal blog (you can click “move to personal blog”). Basically we’re trying to defend ourselves against the slow decay into a clickbaity political forum.
In many cases a call to action can be rewrote to be more of an explanation of an idea than a call-to-action, and it looks like the details of this post are very much in that category, and you could probably change the title and some of the opening language to be a better fit. (By contrast, posts that are literally pitching people on funding an organization make more sense embracing the call-to-action nature, and accepting the lower visibility that comes with being on a personal blog)
I can’t remember what the original title/first paragraph said, have a vague sense that maybe they were edited in the past couple days, but still feel like the current vibe of the beginning of the post isn’t quite right for frontpage, and am moving it to your personal blog.
I still think it’s an achievable goal to frame this post in a frontpage-appropriate fashion, can chat more about it if you’d like.