nyan_sandwich comments on Our Phyg Is Not Exclusive Enough - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 April 2012 06:37:00AM 6 points [-]

what did you mean, then ?

I mean that I'd like to be able to participate in discussion with better (possibly phygish) standards. Lesswrong has a lot of potential and I don't think we are doing as well as we could on the quality of discusson front. And I think making Lesswrong purely more open and welcoming without doing something to keep a high level of quality somewhere is a bad idea. And I'm not afraid of being a phyg.

That's all, nothing revolutionary.

Comment author: Bugmaster 15 April 2012 08:10:08AM 3 points [-]

I mean that I'd like to be able to participate in discussion with better (possibly phygish) standards.

It seems like my proposed solution would work for you, then. With it, you can ignore anyone who isn't enlightened enough, while keeping the site itself as welcoming and newbie-friendly as it currently is.

And I'm not afraid of being a phyg.

I'm not afraid of it either, I just don't think that power-sliding down a death spiral is a good idea. I don't need people to tell me how awesome I am, I want them to show me how wrong I am so that I can update my beliefs.