Unnamed comments on 2011 Survey Results - Less Wrong

94 Post author: Yvain 05 December 2011 10:49AM

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Comment author: Unnamed 09 December 2011 11:17:39PM 1 point [-]

There is a big effect if you look at time in the community rather than sequence reading. 38% of newcomers who have been part of the LW community for under a year picked "socialist", compared to only 21% of the oldtimers who have been part of LW for 2 years or more. Most of the shift is from libertarianism, which is at only 28% of newcomers vs. 41% of oldtimers.

Comment author: Jack 09 December 2011 11:50:51PM 9 points [-]

Since old-timers tend to be Overcoming Bias fans the libertarian-leaning nature of that blog explains the difference.