One of the things I really like about LW is the “atmosphere”, the way people discuss things. So very well done at curating that so far. I personally would be nervous about over-pushing “The Sequences”. I didn’t read much of them a little while into my LW time, but I think I picked up the vibes fine without them.
I think the commenting guidelines are an excellent feature which have probably done a lot of good work in making LW the nice place it is (all that “explain, not persuade” stuff). I wonder how much difference it would make if the first time a new user posts a comment they could be asked to tick a box saying “I read the commenting guidelines”.
One of the things I really like about LW is the “atmosphere”, the way people discuss things. So very well done at curating that so far. I personally would be nervous about over-pushing “The Sequences”. I didn’t read much of them a little while into my LW time, but I think I picked up the vibes fine without them.
I think the commenting guidelines are an excellent feature which have probably done a lot of good work in making LW the nice place it is (all that “explain, not persuade” stuff). I wonder how much difference it would make if the first time a new user posts a comment they could be asked to tick a box saying “I read the commenting guidelines”.