I was thinking about that. No, it won’t. I’m using my own judgment to exclude some things which are upvoted to signal things other than the content of the post being ‘very rational’, or whatever. One of the most upvoted posts of last year was the announcement of a new moderator. The wouldn’t ‘have been included in the newsletter, as important as that is. Searching through the ‘top comments’ for last week, in making the first newsletter, more than half of them were highly upvoted predictions for what will happen next in HPMoR. Maybe some of them would be worth including, since virtually everyone reading the newsletter would also be interested in a compelling prediction of what will happen next in the plot. Maybe I’m biased by the fact I haven’t read the latest chapters yet, and I didn’t want the plot spoiled, so I skimmed those comments. Still, though, there were over a dozen lengthy HPMoR predictions. They don’t strike me as content fit for the newsletter.
I’m only reading this comment as this article indeed has reached 21 upvotes. It’d be pretty funny, and ‘meta’, if this was included. Your question is interesting, though, because it makes me clarify what are exceptions to inclusion.
I was thinking about that. No, it won’t. I’m using my own judgment to exclude some things which are upvoted to signal things other than the content of the post being ‘very rational’, or whatever. One of the most upvoted posts of last year was the announcement of a new moderator. The wouldn’t ‘have been included in the newsletter, as important as that is. Searching through the ‘top comments’ for last week, in making the first newsletter, more than half of them were highly upvoted predictions for what will happen next in HPMoR. Maybe some of them would be worth including, since virtually everyone reading the newsletter would also be interested in a compelling prediction of what will happen next in the plot. Maybe I’m biased by the fact I haven’t read the latest chapters yet, and I didn’t want the plot spoiled, so I skimmed those comments. Still, though, there were over a dozen lengthy HPMoR predictions. They don’t strike me as content fit for the newsletter.
I’m only reading this comment as this article indeed has reached 21 upvotes. It’d be pretty funny, and ‘meta’, if this was included. Your question is interesting, though, because it makes me clarify what are exceptions to inclusion.