Coscott comments on [Meta] Open thread even more often? - Less Wrong

13 Post author: solipsist 12 February 2014 09:28PM

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Comment author: Slackson 13 February 2014 01:07:30AM 0 points [-]

How about overlapping thread lifespans? This way when a new thread is created, recent comments on the previous thread won't go unread, and discussion can still happen there. A thread on Monday that lasts a week and a thread on Thursday does too, for example, with both threads pinned to the top and included under the Latest Open Thread feed on the side. I suspect this would be easier to implement than your second option. It's more difficult to implement than your first and third options, though.

Comment author: Coscott 13 February 2014 01:14:45AM 3 points [-]

Overlapping threads are just an agreement of everyone to keep looking at old posts. This is harder to orchestrate, because it requires lots of people to change.

Comment author: Slackson 13 February 2014 01:46:31AM 0 points [-]

Point, but I did suggest several ways in which this could be encouraged (pinned threads, different stated lifespans, shared use of Latest Open Thread feed)

Reducing the visibility of the new threads could help too.