I’m not sure… I think the topics I find most interesting are simply used up (except for a few open questions on TDT or whatever). Also the recent focus on applied rationality / advice / CFAR stuff… this is a subject which seems to invite high numbers of low quality posts. In particular posts containing advice are generally stuffed with obvious generalizations and lack arguments or evidence beyond a simple anecdote.
Also, maybe the regular presence of EY’s sequences provided a standard for quality and topic that ensured other people’s posts were decent (I don’t think many people read seq reruns, especially not old users who are more likely to have good ideas).
I’m not sure… I think the topics I find most interesting are simply used up (except for a few open questions on TDT or whatever). Also the recent focus on applied rationality / advice / CFAR stuff… this is a subject which seems to invite high numbers of low quality posts. In particular posts containing advice are generally stuffed with obvious generalizations and lack arguments or evidence beyond a simple anecdote.
Also, maybe the regular presence of EY’s sequences provided a standard for quality and topic that ensured other people’s posts were decent (I don’t think many people read seq reruns, especially not old users who are more likely to have good ideas).