Academian comments on Proposed New Features for Less Wrong - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Academian 27 April 2010 09:13:54AM *  13 points [-]

LessWrong needs an FAQ. Really. I can't encourage everyone enough to look at the example of

MathOverflow.net. It has a fantastic FAQ that simultaneously makes the site less scary and the standards more evident. Yes, those goals aren't entirely mutually exclusive!

And MathOverflow, created by 2 grad students, grew explosively in a matter of months to involve many famous mathematicans and even fields medalists.

There is more than speculation here... there is evidence we should be updating on.

Comment author: Kevin 27 April 2010 09:29:57AM 3 points [-]

Agreed, that seems obvious.