John_Maxwell_IV comments on Goals for which Less Wrong does (and doesn't) help - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 26 November 2010 09:42:56PM 0 points [-]

Sure, but that should be a very weak heuristic.

If you sample from the set of online communities you know of, you'll tend to see bigger and longer lasting ones more frequently than smaller and shorter-lasting ones. So by conforming with online communities you see, you're making your community larger and longer-lasting. That's not obviously a good thing.