I recall there was a PUA-related fuss early in the site’s life and the outcome was for articles to be discouraged (though not outright banned). Can anyone confirm or deny this?
I’m relatively new here, so I can neither confirm nor deny. But it seems that you are saying that practical articles like this one are discouraged. Why would anyone discourage that? :)
There was, in the Summer of ’09. This post is quite good, as Alicorn presents a good summary, and links to other prominent top-level posts.
Essentially, a lot of words were spake in anger, and PUA seemed to be the mind-killer. Eventually, everyone dropped the topic, but I’m not sure anyone really won. If you’ll forgive the crass labels, the anti-PUA side semi-banished PUA from LW, but the pro-PUA side ensured that a lot of people still find it useful/etc., and simply decline from discussing it out of concern for the peace.
I recall there was a PUA-related fuss early in the site’s life and the outcome was for articles to be discouraged (though not outright banned). Can anyone confirm or deny this?
I’m relatively new here, so I can neither confirm nor deny. But it seems that you are saying that practical articles like this one are discouraged. Why would anyone discourage that? :)
There was, in the Summer of ’09. This post is quite good, as Alicorn presents a good summary, and links to other prominent top-level posts.
Essentially, a lot of words were spake in anger, and PUA seemed to be the mind-killer. Eventually, everyone dropped the topic, but I’m not sure anyone really won. If you’ll forgive the crass labels, the anti-PUA side semi-banished PUA from LW, but the pro-PUA side ensured that a lot of people still find it useful/etc., and simply decline from discussing it out of concern for the peace.
Thanks.