datadataeverywhere comments on Anki deck for biases and fallacies - Less Wrong

20 Post author: phob 12 January 2011 03:34PM

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Comment author: datadataeverywhere 13 January 2011 01:54:45AM 0 points [-]

I use Anki, and really appreciate the decks that have been posted. Despite upvoting this post, I feel like it would be better placed in the discussion section.

Comment author: shokwave 13 January 2011 06:45:56AM 5 points [-]

Anki and spaced-repetition in general are a very effective revision system; posts that offer you a pre-made very effective revision system for better remembering LessWrong seems to me like they should on be on the main page.

Comment author: datadataeverywhere 13 January 2011 11:23:31PM 0 points [-]

I see your point, which I didn't before. I'm still not entirely swayed---a post on how to use spaced repetition well would definitely belong on the main page, but decks on specific topics seem important but not top-level to me.

The decks posted that reference a single post or sequence seem like they would best be placed in those actual posts, though that's not something someone other than the author can do. Second to that, I feel like they are better off in the comments to those posts or in the discussion section.

This deck, being independent of such a post, maybe does belong here, so I'm not sure why it seems so out of place to me.

Comment author: shokwave 15 January 2011 04:35:19PM 3 points [-]

I just realised something; not all main page posts have to be aiming for promoted to front page. It could be said that this kind of post - short, informative, object-level - is a main page but non-promoted post.

Comment author: datadataeverywhere 16 January 2011 05:34:07AM 0 points [-]

Especially if search engines index the main pages better than the discussion pages, that makes a lot of sense to me.