They get a list of topics I’ve written/commented on, but so far as I can see I don’t have any way to see that list
Yeah, users can’t currently see that list for themselves (unless of course you create a new account, upvote yourself, and then look at the matching page through that account!).
What we show is “The tags a user commented on in the last 3 years, sorted by comment count, and excluding a set of tags that I deemed as less interesting to show to other users, for example because they were too general (World Modeling, …), too niche (Has Diagram, …) or too political (Drama, LW Moderation, …).”
I think it’s a reference to Francis Bacons’ “Instauratio Magna” (“The Great Instauration”), though I am not sure why we would have chosen “Magnum” instead of “Magna” as the spelling.
The Latin noun “instauratio” is feminine, so “magna” uses the feminine “-a” ending to agree with it. “forum” in Latin is neuter, so “magnum” would be the corresponding form of the adjective. (All assuming nominative case.)
Yeah, users can’t currently see that list for themselves (unless of course you create a new account, upvote yourself, and then look at the matching page through that account!).
However, the SQL for this is actually open source, in the function getUserTopTags: https://github.com/ForumMagnum/ForumMagnum/blob/master/packages/lesswrong/server/repos/TagsRepo.ts
What we show is “The tags a user commented on in the last 3 years, sorted by comment count, and excluding a set of tags that I deemed as less interesting to show to other users, for example because they were too general (World Modeling, …), too niche (Has Diagram, …) or too political (Drama, LW Moderation, …).”
Just out of curiosity, is the name “ForumMagnum” an anatomical pun?
Lol, no, but that is kind of hilarious.
I think it’s a reference to Francis Bacons’ “Instauratio Magna” (“The Great Instauration”), though I am not sure why we would have chosen “Magnum” instead of “Magna” as the spelling.
The Latin noun “instauratio” is feminine, so “magna” uses the feminine “-a” ending to agree with it. “forum” in Latin is neuter, so “magnum” would be the corresponding form of the adjective. (All assuming nominative case.)
Huh, I learned something today about the name of my own Forum. Thank you!