Gleb_Tsipursky comments on May Outreach Thread - Less Wrong

-2 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 06 May 2016 08:02PM

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Comment author: tut 07 May 2016 07:28:29AM 10 points [-]

Ok, this is something I have been thinking every time I see an Outreach Thread, and now I can't resist asking it:

When did LW become a proselytizing community?

And are we sure that it is a good idea to do a lot of outreach when the majority of discussion on the site is about why LW sucks?

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 07 May 2016 11:33:18PM 1 point [-]

Well, the benefits of promoting rationality have been widely recognized ever since EY published his post on raising the sanity waterline.

But let's be clear - rationality outreach is not LW outreach. The goal is to spread good ideas from rationality and raise the sanity waterline, not get people to engage with LW necessarily. I myself would like to wait until more of LW 2.0 comes into being, including the newbie section, before inviting newcomers to engage with LW actively.