gwern comments on Open Thread: July 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 06 July 2010 08:00:13AM 2 points [-]

So, from the 7 upboats, I take it that people in general approve of this idea. What's next? What do we do to make this a reality?

Looking back at an old post from OB (I think), like http://lesswrong.com/lw/od/37_ways_that_words_can_be_wrong/ I don't see any option to promote it to the front page. I thought I had enough karma to promote other peoples' articles, but it looks like I may be wrong about this. Is it even currently technically possible to promote old articles?

Comment author: Morendil 06 July 2010 08:16:02AM 1 point [-]

What's next? What do we do to make this a reality?

Agree on the numerical value of X? LW has slowed down a bit recently, compared to relatively recent periods with frantic paces of posting; I rather appreciate the current rhythm. It would take a long period without new stuff to convince me we needed "filler" at all.

I thought I had enough karma to promote other peoples' articles

Only editors can promote. (Installing the LW codebase locally is fun: you can play at being an editor.)

Comment author: gwern 06 July 2010 08:47:27AM 2 points [-]

Agree on the numerical value of X?

Alright. How about a week? If nothing new has shown up for a week, then I don't think people will mind a classic. (And offhand, I'm not sure we've yet had a slack period that long.)

Comment author: Morendil 06 July 2010 08:57:34AM 0 points [-]

Sounds good to me.