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I think this is a good idea and I anticipate that it would significantly help me, for one, with reading the Sequences. I do however see a potential problem with implementation:
That would be a lot of posts. If we're talking about making a new post in Discussion everyday, that would likely drown-out most other threads. It would be even worse in Main. (ETA: I think I should have written "dilute" instead of "drown-out." Going by a rough estimate of the current rate of Discussion posts, the proposed series would probably make up only a quarter of Discussion, though that's still a significant change.)
I could, of course, be misunderstanding something, in which case I apologize.
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I don't see a dilution of that magnitude as a problem when the material is the core material of the site. It wouldn't be obviously silly to have this as a lasting feature of the site, and start again when we finally finish.
Honestly, permanent daily Sequence reruns don't sound like a bad idea at all.
One could start a new subreddit for this reading group. Something like reddit.com/r/LWreadinggroup. But that would defeat the purpose of reviving lesswrong.com.
I think I phrased "drown-out most other threads" too strongly.
Just from eyeballing the Newest Submissions page in Discussion, I estimate there are an average of ~3 new threads per day, so a new post everyday probably wouldn't "drown-out" the other threads, but still, a 33% dilution is a 33% dilution. It's quite possible that it's a trade-off worth making, but it's still a trade-off that I think we should be aware of.
Honestly, as someone new, I think it would be a good trade off. I heard about LW after HPMOR, and I know most people who recommended me HPMOR got intimidated by the amount of backlog they needed to do.
That is not a problem for me, but as I said in a different comment, I enjoy discussion about the things I am currently reading.
The Sequences are the core of LW, so I don't know if it's really a problem to dilute other postings by a third or so. But as you say, it is a consideration to take into account.
Are they? I thought rationality was, and the sequences are just one person's view on one aspect of rationality. Don't elevate them to gospel.