AdeleneDawner comments on Rationalist horoscopes: A low-hanging utility generator. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 27 May 2011 02:56:39AM 3 points [-]

In the interests of removing trivial inconveniences, I'm in the process of setting up a system that will forward any comment containing either "Horoscope version:" or "Horoscope:" to my email. Hopefully this will encourage others to horoscope-ify new posts as they're made. The same system will also pick up any posts that have either of those two phrases before the jump.

(This is not actually a good way of drawing my attention to things, since these emails are shunted to a folder that I'll only look at when I'm ready to update the database.)

Comment author: EvelynM 28 May 2011 03:26:44PM 1 point [-]

Thanks for doing this Adelene.

I've found similar sorts of positive affirmations helpful in my life. I think of them as a way of counteracting negative environmental messages (media, self-talk) with positive ones.

This site has quite a few tips for general improvement: http://theenergyproject.com/tips Some of them might be suitable for inclusion.

Horoscope-ifying posts sounds like a bite-sized writing practice. I can help with that.

Evelyn

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 28 May 2011 05:57:18PM 1 point [-]

Awesome. Thanks for the help!