I was reflecting the other day about how I learned about LessWrong. As best as I can recall/retrace, I learned about LessWrong from gwern, who I met in the #wikipedia IRC channel via an essentially chance meeting. I'm wondering how typical my experience is. How did you come to LessWrong?
EDIT: Optional follow-up question: Do you think that we (the community) are doing enough to bring in new users to LessWrong? If not, what do you think could be done to increase awareness of LessWrong amongst potential rationalists?
I learned about LessWrong through a google search about half a year ago or so. One of EY's posts came up as a result, and that day I read through one of the sequences. I was slowly hooked from there. It was recently that I made an account and started posting.
I'm not sure if the community is doing enough to bring in new users to LessWrong. I don't think I have enough data about or experience with LW to make an accurate assessment.
I do, however, run a Youtube channel where I discuss rationality, cog sci, and such. While I don't actively promote LW through my videos, I do bring a lot of the core ideas to my (extremely limited) audience and try to give credit where it is due. For example, I just did a video that discussed the Parable of Sound. While it wasn't my intention when making the channel, can I see how it can indirectly get people into LW.
I don't know if this is germane, but you can find my channel at . If you think what I am doing could be helpful, I'd love to get some feedback on how my channel and content could be improved. It's very new, so constructive criticism is needed.