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Yup, looks that way. LW 2.0 is running, but seems to have gone further toward the "publish thoughts, get some comments" and away from the conversational feel we had here.
So it goes.
That seems like a thing that depends on how it's used more than how it works. If The People Of Less Wrong want a more conversational feel on LW2 then I expect it will happen.
(Though I think you're right that the LW2 powers-that-be want it somewhat further along the chat-to-publishing axis.)