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beoShaffer comments on LessWrong could grow a lot, but we're doing it wrong. - Less Wrong Discussion

51 Post author: Epiphany 20 August 2012 05:21AM

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Comment author: beoShaffer 21 August 2012 04:29:57PM 12 points [-]

Its also worth noting that one of Hacker News' main strategies is flooding the page with advanced math and other highly technical topics whenever it gets serious mainstream attention.

Comment author: dbaupp 21 August 2012 08:20:44PM *  5 points [-]

And disabling new account creation for the duration of the attention.

(All that said though, HN regulars seem to often complain about the decline of Hacker News, how it is turning in to Reddit. (I'm in no position to judge if these complains are valid.))