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Comment author: mapnoterritory 22 September 2012 07:08:05AM 4 points [-]

I've been long time thinking about asking whether we could have something like a "Ask the LWers" thread where you could post personal questions in hope to get some helpful rational outside view.

Comment author: wedrifid 22 September 2012 01:40:56PM 1 point [-]

I've been long time thinking about asking whether we could have something like a "Ask the LWers" thread where you could post personal questions in hope to get some helpful rational outside view.

Have you encountered specific instances where asking such a question in the open thread didn't provoke a desired response? Or are there enough such questions that they clog up the open thread? If so then a new thread sounds useful!

Comment author: mapnoterritory 23 September 2012 01:03:55PM *  1 point [-]

Have you encountered specific instances where asking such a question in the open thread didn't provoke a desired response?

No, I haven't. Actually, I very rarely check the open thread (though trying to rectify this). I think it might help to have this (and maybe a couple other recurring threads) to be sticky.

If there was enough personal questions it might be worth to have a thread for them. If one of the aims of LW is to improve life via rationality, this is well aligned and likely a useful thing. How to properly ask such a questions would have to be worked out too...

Comment author: tomme 22 September 2012 10:14:44AM 1 point [-]

This is what I was contemplating! Could you create an article with this proposal?

Comment author: Dorikka 22 September 2012 09:23:08PM 4 points [-]

Or just create the thread, and then see if it gets used. :P Less meta-proposals, more empiricism.