Feedback: I think the fun/interesting thing about being in a house with ~25 LessWrongers is being able to circulate around and jump in on conversations that sound interesting. Skype/google hangouts, however good the eventual sound quality, can’t recreate this because you can only talk to the person who comes over to the screen. Even if they’re talking about something besides the poor sound quality, it feels pretty forced. So I don’t think technical fixes are going to improve the experience much.
I agree. Thanks for testing it out and sticking through to the end, despite some poor planning. I have several thoughts which I’ll be posting in a separate thread.
Downvoted for the fact that I’ve been sitting here 45 minutes waiting for the link.
Upvoted for holding me to my word. Apologies.
Thanks for setting it up eventually.
Feedback: I think the fun/interesting thing about being in a house with ~25 LessWrongers is being able to circulate around and jump in on conversations that sound interesting. Skype/google hangouts, however good the eventual sound quality, can’t recreate this because you can only talk to the person who comes over to the screen. Even if they’re talking about something besides the poor sound quality, it feels pretty forced. So I don’t think technical fixes are going to improve the experience much.
I agree. Thanks for testing it out and sticking through to the end, despite some poor planning. I have several thoughts which I’ll be posting in a separate thread.