Biased sample if those who flee the long-replies-to-downvoted-comments threads have already left
Valid point. How can we test this?
At the point where LW starts being unfun for me to read, I panic.
Being concerned about the signal to noise ratio is reasonable, but yes this sounds like panicking. Deciding that there’s a problem is not the same thing as deciding that a specific course of action is a good solution to the problem. (I shouldn’t need to tell you that.)
The mental model being applied appears to be sculpting the community in the manner of sculpting marble with a hammer and chisel. Whereas how it’ll work will be rather more like sculpting flesh with a hammer and chisel, giving rather a lot of side effects and not quite achieving the desired aims. Sculpting online communities really doesn’t work very well.
Valid point. How can we test this?
Being concerned about the signal to noise ratio is reasonable, but yes this sounds like panicking. Deciding that there’s a problem is not the same thing as deciding that a specific course of action is a good solution to the problem. (I shouldn’t need to tell you that.)
The mental model being applied appears to be sculpting the community in the manner of sculpting marble with a hammer and chisel. Whereas how it’ll work will be rather more like sculpting flesh with a hammer and chisel, giving rather a lot of side effects and not quite achieving the desired aims. Sculpting online communities really doesn’t work very well.