Emile comments on What topics would you like to see more of on LessWrong? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emile 13 December 2010 08:51:37PM 2 points [-]

Agree, agree, but ...

fewer gimmicks

... what do you mean by gimmicks, here?

Comment author: Yvain 14 December 2010 12:19:34PM 0 points [-]

I don't want to say anything specific enough to offend anyone, but some of the ideas I saw on the "neat stuff" thread seemed sort of gimmicky to me.

Comment author: Emile 14 December 2010 01:51:21PM 0 points [-]

... yeah, guest posts and illustration contests are pretty gimmicky, I don't know what kind of fool would propose those :D

I thought yo were talking about gimmicky stuff on LessWrong right now, of which I don't see many examples (maybe the Diplomacy games?). Navel gazing and bad self help though, yup, plenty of those (and my last two threads - this one and the "neat stuff" - probably fall under navel gazing too)