Lumifer comments on Lesswrong, Effective Altruism Forum and Slate Star Codex: Harm Reduction - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 10 June 2015 09:38:10AM 3 points [-]

Did any of the really valuable contributors to LW go away because they were driven away by incessant criticism? You think Scott Alexander moved to SSC because he couldn't handle the downvotes?

Didn't Eliezer say somewhere that he posts on Facebook instead of LW nowadays because on LW you get dragged into endless point-scoring arguments with dedicated forum arguers and on Facebook you just block commenters who come off as too tiresome to engage with from your feed?

Comment author: Lumifer 10 June 2015 02:57:09PM 3 points [-]

As far as I understand (it isn't very far), Eliezer prefers Facebook basically because it gives him control -- which is perfectly fine, his place on FB is his place and he sets the rules.

I don't think that degree of control would be acceptable on LW -- the local crowd doesn't like tyrants, even wise and benevolent.

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