Wake up from what? Guess I should’ve added a disclaimer about some parts of this being tongue-in-cheek to avoid the “cultish” accusations… I thought it was pretty transparent, but I guess nothing is obvious on the internet.
Anyway, I think Eliezer has a lot of interesting things to say and the BHTV episodes have left me on my appetite.
What’s cultish about wanting to set up a Q&A (something that Slashdot, Digg, etc have been doing for a long time)?
My mistake was probably to carry assumptions I have about other online communities to Less Wrong, where the rules are different. I guess next time I’ll just write:
“Anyone interested in doing a Q&A? If so, I suggest we find someone to interview and then rank questions by voting.”
Wake up from what? Guess I should’ve added a disclaimer about some parts of this being tongue-in-cheek to avoid the “cultish” accusations… I thought it was pretty transparent, but I guess nothing is obvious on the internet.
Anyway, I think Eliezer has a lot of interesting things to say and the BHTV episodes have left me on my appetite.
What’s cultish about wanting to set up a Q&A (something that Slashdot, Digg, etc have been doing for a long time)?
That was covered by the “idea of interviews isn’t [cultish] at all”, while tongue-in-cheek part obviously didn’t register.
My mistake was probably to carry assumptions I have about other online communities to Less Wrong, where the rules are different. I guess next time I’ll just write:
“Anyone interested in doing a Q&A? If so, I suggest we find someone to interview and then rank questions by voting.”