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JoshuaZ comments on Open thread, July 16-22, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: philh 16 July 2013 10:40:48PM 12 points [-]

[Meta] Most meetup threads have no comments. It seems like it would be useful for people to post to say "I'm coming", both for the organiser and for other people to judge the size of the group. Would this be a good social norm to cultivate? I worry slightly that it would annoy people who follow the recent comments feed, but I can't offhand think of other downsides.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 16 July 2013 11:02:04PM 10 points [-]

Suggested alternative to reduce the recent comment clutter issue: Have a poll attached to each meetup with people saying if they are coming. Then people can get a quick glance at how many people are probably coming, and if one wants to specifically note it (say one isn't a regular) then mention that in the comment thread.