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There have been several newcomers in the last few days -- maybe the mention in the Guardian drew them here.
Besides telling them what we're all about, a standing invitation for newcomers to introduce themselves might be useful, but there isn't a place for them to do so. How about another standard monthly thread?
We don't have personal profile pages here, do we?
There is this thread. But it needs to be linked to from some kind of faq page because right now it is too hidden from new users to be helpful.
I just noticed that I showed up around the same time as the Guardian Mention as well... However, I have been lurking (without registering) for two years now. I met Eliezer Yudowski at the First Singularity Summit, and became aware of OB as a result, and then became aware of this blog shortly after he split from OB.
However, I would like to say that a newcomers section in a FAQ or Wiki would have been most welcome.
I do have a little bit of a clue what I am doing here as well, as I have spent a lot of time on forums such as Richard Dawkins' and Sam Harris' and decided that I wanted to find some people who were a) more into AI and rational reasoning and b) closer to home.
I would second the suggestion for an introductory thread. And, some better guidelines for posting (what is likely to get downvoted, what is likely to get upvoted... although, from my vote count, I seem to have some clue of what works and what doesn't.. Still, I could use a few more definitive guidelines that just not making stupid posts - or trollish posts).