roland comments on What is missing from rationality? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: roland 28 April 2010 05:35:50PM 1 point [-]

All I can say is that people don't necessarily work like that. If they don't have a strong preference for a social group, they aren't going to ignore things they don't like.

Agreed. Still my point remains, to what extent should a group stop doing certain activities to accommodate hypothetical future members who might or might not join even if the group ceases doing said activities.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 29 April 2010 01:08:51AM 4 points [-]

A fair question, though it's worth noting that those particular activities were also annoying some current members.

Comment author: thomblake 29 April 2010 02:06:27PM 1 point [-]

Indeed - at the time, at least two of the site's "top contributors" were specifically put off by it.