1) To explain why I downvoted this thread. I like MLP and I like Less Wrong, but I don’t want MLP discussion to become a significant fraction of what goes on here. I remember two other MLP fanfic threads posted in the last day or two, one of them by you. That’s more than I want to see.
2) A monthly thread is actually a good idea, and I now intend to make one in October. It would give us a place to talk about these things while keeping it from flooding the discussion page. A similar approach works pretty well for the HPMOR folks.
EDIT: After reading PhilGoetz’s response, I no longer think a monthly thread would be a good idea.
1) I’m not trying to ponify LessWrong. I post pony things here when they merit their own Discussion post on LessWrong. They are here as fully-qualified LessWrong discussion topics, not as pony ramblings. Otherwise, I’d rather see them in the fimfiction LessWrong group.
2) Creating a monthly pony thread would obligate people to put everything pony-related in that thread, even if it merited its own post. It would demote and degrade everything pony-related. It would ensure that nothing with the word “pony” ever reached Main.
3) It’s rarely a good idea to ghettoize yourself.
HPMOR is a single story, so it makes sense for it to have its own post.
Let’s at least wait and see whether the pony content increases.
Why are the people up-voting this even reading this post?
1) To explain why I downvoted this thread. I like MLP and I like Less Wrong, but I don’t want MLP discussion to become a significant fraction of what goes on here. I remember two other MLP fanfic threads posted in the last day or two, one of them by you. That’s more than I want to see.
2) A monthly thread is actually a good idea, and I now intend to make one in October. It would give us a place to talk about these things while keeping it from flooding the discussion page. A similar approach works pretty well for the HPMOR folks.
EDIT: After reading PhilGoetz’s response, I no longer think a monthly thread would be a good idea.
I disagree, for three reasons:
1) I’m not trying to ponify LessWrong. I post pony things here when they merit their own Discussion post on LessWrong. They are here as fully-qualified LessWrong discussion topics, not as pony ramblings. Otherwise, I’d rather see them in the fimfiction LessWrong group.
2) Creating a monthly pony thread would obligate people to put everything pony-related in that thread, even if it merited its own post. It would demote and degrade everything pony-related. It would ensure that nothing with the word “pony” ever reached Main.
3) It’s rarely a good idea to ghettoize yourself.
HPMOR is a single story, so it makes sense for it to have its own post.
Let’s at least wait and see whether the pony content increases.
IMO, LW’s obsession with keeping even Discussion pristine has gotten a little nutty.
I am interested in MLP fic, but I upvoted him out of sympathy. It’s a good idea.
I actually think it’d make for MORE total MLP related content, and I want that.