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Trevor_Blake comments on Preventing discussion from being watered down by an "endless September" user influx. - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: Epiphany 02 September 2012 03:46AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 September 2012 06:52:26PM *  1 point [-]

First: A LessWrong seed bank. If this forest grows diseased or burns to the ground, the means to replant. Already in the LessWrong seed bank: The Sequences, FAQ, User Guide and MediaWiki.

Second: Terms of surrender. When conditions X, Y and Z are met, LessWrong will fold or reboot.

Comment author: Rhwawn 03 September 2012 12:36:58AM 2 points [-]

Second: Terms of surrender. When conditions X, Y and Z are met, LessWrong will fold or reboot.

That's an excellent idea, but I can't think of any clear metric of success or failure, short of really unlikely ones like 'during the annual poll, LWers majority vote for astrology'.

Comment author: Epiphany 06 September 2012 05:53:58AM 0 points [-]

This is for ideas to prevent disaster, not solve it after the fact. Also, if the suggestion is "Leave the wiki and sequences up", you're essentially saying "Do nothing". This just doesn't read like a plan.