Discussion vs. Main customs have been settled since the beginning.
That’s very not true. I assume you mean “Since Discussion was added to the site”, since there was no Discussion section on Less Wrong for quite some time. Before Discussion was around, it was considered acceptable to post relevant links as articles, and Eliezer even said so explicitly.
After Discussion was introduced, it took some time to settle whether link posts still belonged on Main. Since Discussion was generally conceived as a place for posts that are not substantial enough to be Main posts, and single-link posts were already considered acceptable for Main, it was not immediately obvious that such posts belong in Discussion.
At the least, it’s absurd to think that any norms/customs regarding X have been settled since the beginning of X—it always takes some time.
That’s very not true. I assume you mean “Since Discussion was added to the site”, since there was no Discussion section on Less Wrong for quite some time. Before Discussion was around, it was considered acceptable to post relevant links as articles, and Eliezer even said so explicitly.
After Discussion was introduced, it took some time to settle whether link posts still belonged on Main. Since Discussion was generally conceived as a place for posts that are not substantial enough to be Main posts, and single-link posts were already considered acceptable for Main, it was not immediately obvious that such posts belong in Discussion.
At the least, it’s absurd to think that any norms/customs regarding X have been settled since the beginning of X—it always takes some time.