It has declined from high quality intellectual discussion (admittedly, of questionable direct value in every day life) to . . . basically crickets.
All the main content creators/conversation starters have gone off to other projects, or formed local meatspace communities that suck up their time.
Possibly an impressive record for LW.
Maybe we’ve discovered that open threads are the most valuable discussions and the rest of the site isn’t worth it?
or formed local meatspace communities that suck up their time.
One could also say that that is where they prefer to spend their time.
Yes, that seems to be true. I didn’t mean to cast it as a negative thing.
It has declined from high quality intellectual discussion (admittedly, of questionable direct value in every day life) to . . . basically crickets.
All the main content creators/conversation starters have gone off to other projects, or formed local meatspace communities that suck up their time.
Possibly an impressive record for LW.
Maybe we’ve discovered that open threads are the most valuable discussions and the rest of the site isn’t worth it?
One could also say that that is where they prefer to spend their time.
Yes, that seems to be true. I didn’t mean to cast it as a negative thing.