Coscott comments on Open Thread: March 4 - 10 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Brillyant 06 March 2014 05:22:06PM 15 points [-]

Of the 12 most recent posts in 'Discussion', nine are 'Meetup' related and one is a meta-level discussion about producing LW courses.

Is LW imploding into some sort of self-impressed death spiral? Where is the new non-LW meta content? Am I way off, or has the quality of posts significantly diminished over time here?

I'm curious to know what others think.

Comment author: Coscott 06 March 2014 07:18:41PM 11 points [-]

I have noticed waves of insightful posts inspired by other insightful posts, followed by periods where nobody thinks of anything important to say, so we are dominated by meetup posts. I think for me, there has been a greater density of interesting in the previous 2 months, than there was in the 6 months before that.