I’m not a fan of having a Less Wrong forum. One of LW’s advantages is that it has low volume and high quality. It doesn’t take much of my time to read and most of the posts are worth reading. Forums are the opposite: higher volume and lower quality. This makes forums a bigger time sink for everyone: moderators, posters, and readers.
I think the low volume high quality nature of the LW front page is why a forum would be a bonus. People could hash out more low to mid quality ideas without detracting from the more developed postings that the readers who want to invest less time are looking for. I’m not a fan of a forum in lieu of the current LW format, but as an idea incubator, I think it could be interesting and of use.
I’m not a fan of having a Less Wrong forum. One of LW’s advantages is that it has low volume and high quality. It doesn’t take much of my time to read and most of the posts are worth reading. Forums are the opposite: higher volume and lower quality. This makes forums a bigger time sink for everyone: moderators, posters, and readers.
I think the low volume high quality nature of the LW front page is why a forum would be a bonus. People could hash out more low to mid quality ideas without detracting from the more developed postings that the readers who want to invest less time are looking for. I’m not a fan of a forum in lieu of the current LW format, but as an idea incubator, I think it could be interesting and of use.