After further reflection, I think you might be right, especially since people can just not follow that subreddit. r/hmpor is currently popular, and it could be good for lesswrong if we could get that moved here.
By “good for lesswrong,” I actually meant “good for people who could use lesswrong.” I am not sure whether or not the effect on the content is positive.
I disagree about Hpmor. I think that discussion of hpmor on lesswrong will and should die down after the story is finished.
Then you seem to have missed the entire point of HPMOR even existing.
After further reflection, I think you might be right, especially since people can just not follow that subreddit. r/hmpor is currently popular, and it could be good for lesswrong if we could get that moved here.
By “good for lesswrong,” I actually meant “good for people who could use lesswrong.” I am not sure whether or not the effect on the content is positive.
I think it makes the content less generally useful but more generally fun.