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Comment author: Tripitaka 29 December 2011 12:17:55PM *  23 points [-]

Does anyone else feel like this sort of threads/comments should be somehow better archived/presented/integrated? Threads like this are vanishing far to fast into oblivion. Low-hanging fruits of lesswrong: better "advertising" the possibilities/chances of the LW-network.

Examples include:

  • The thread where people offered listening-time to depressed people.
  • The thread with the ongoing survey for zip-codes of LWlers.
  • This mentoring-thread.
Comment author: curiousepic 29 December 2011 03:29:20PM *  15 points [-]

If there were ever an additional category besides Main and Discussion, I would vote for some kind of "sticky" category of a limited number of posts promoted from Discussion.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 29 December 2011 05:48:55PM 6 points [-]

This should be done.

Comment author: PhilosopherQueen 29 December 2011 06:16:45PM 6 points [-]

Additionally we could have subcategories which the questions would fall under, most FAQs seem to categorize their questions to some extent, so why not here too?

As for me, I'm interested in having ideas for careers suggested. I know I want to do something energizing, something which allows one to be up and about and if possible also induce a little edginess in me. I don't know what college degree to pick though. There's so many possible degrees and jobs as well - so where does one start?

Comment author: thomblake 29 December 2011 09:31:51PM 0 points [-]

There's so many possible degrees and jobs as well - so where does one start?

I know Anna Salamon has talked and written on this subject, but I don't have a reference handy.

Comment author: [deleted] 30 December 2011 07:23:14PM 2 points [-]

The quickest fix might be to just have a "sticky" tab next to Main and Discussion on the top.

Along with what the grandparent mentioned, this would also include: That month's Open Thread, and potential monthly book/media recommendations, Monthly quote thread, and other of the uber-useful non-Sequence posts.

Note: "Quickest" doesn't mean best solution. It just means something I think could be feasible for someone to actually do.

Comment author: iarwain1 30 January 2014 08:11:00PM 0 points [-]

Just came across this. It seems like nobody's taken up this idea. Perhaps these types of threads should have a link in the Special Threads section of the Wiki?

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