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A WordCloud Visual of LW Main

1 min read2nd Aug 201122 comments

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I created this word cloud based on http://lesswrong.com/promoted/.rss.

The words "Rational" and "Rationality" might trigger negative stereotypes for some people, but this image is positive and inspiring. I'm glad to see we are promoting top level posts on these issues and thought you would be too.

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[-]AdeleneDawner13y130

Am I just failing to find it, or is "evidence" conspicuously missing?

[-]Craig_Heldreth13y50

This is super cool and might fly on the front page.

I would also like to see word clouds for other sets: Harry Potter and, the Hanson-Yudkowsky FOOM debate sequence, &c. Perhaps I will make a couple and post them here.

[-]Normal_Anomaly13y10

Here is one of chapters 10-15 of Methods of Rationality.

[-]XFrequentist13y40

Far right dead center: "Olivola"

???

[-]AdeleneDawner13y10

Search says it has to be from a citation here, which clarifies very little.

[-]XFrequentist13y10

I saw that; it seems to be a single citation. Why would that particular author be emphasized in the cloud above the many many others? Weird.

[-][anonymous]13y20

I'm somewhat surprised that there isn't a giant 'akrasia' in the middle of all that, but oh well.

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[-]printing-spoon13y20

Is there a way to disable vertical words? It unfairly de-emphasizes half of the cloud.

[-]r_claypool13y10

Yes, that's one of the layout options on the Wordle website.

[-]handoflixue13y20

This is very pretty. Seconded on the idea that this might fly on the front page.

[-]Alexandros13y10

What tool was used to make this? You should try it with more promoted articles. The feed in the link contains the last 24 ( http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/feed/http://lesswrong.com/promoted/.rss?n=24 )

[-]Paul Crowley13y80

Done!

[-]komponisto13y40

"Singularity people money happiness".... oh dear!

(No hiding the "agenda" there!)

:-)

In all seriousness, however, the image is not an unpleasant one.

[-]Alexandros13y10

huh. Seems like not much change.

[-]atucker13y20

I tried it with 500 too, and its pretty much the same.

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/3886796/LW500

It looks a lot like wordle.

[-]Manfred13y10

Speaking of money, money money money money.

[-]multifoliaterose13y10

Thanks very much for making this; I agree that the the image is positive and inspiring.

[-]r_claypool13y00

Rationalists here are not so cold-hearted after all. ;-)

[-]steven046113y90

It mostly just reflects that 2 out of the last 3 posts happened to be about philanthropy, though, right?

[-]Normal_Anomaly13y30

Well, when that ceases to be the case at least "money" won't be so big.

[-]r_claypool13y10

right