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Gavin comments on [Meta] The Decline of Discussion: Now With Charts! - Less Wrong Discussion

43 Post author: Gavin 04 June 2014 10:02PM

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Comment author: Gavin 05 June 2014 06:14:24PM 1 point [-]

It has declined from high quality intellectual discussion (admittedly, of questionable direct value in every day life) to . . . basically crickets.

All the main content creators/conversation starters have gone off to other projects, or formed local meatspace communities that suck up their time.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 06 June 2014 02:28:10AM 5 points [-]

All the main content creators/conversation starters have gone off to other projects, or formed local meatspace communities that suck up their time.

Possibly an impressive record for LW.

Comment author: lmm 06 June 2014 06:03:21PM 2 points [-]

Maybe we've discovered that open threads are the most valuable discussions and the rest of the site isn't worth it?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 05 June 2014 06:18:50PM 1 point [-]

or formed local meatspace communities that suck up their time.

One could also say that that is where they prefer to spend their time.

Comment author: Gavin 05 June 2014 08:53:35PM 1 point [-]

Yes, that seems to be true. I didn't mean to cast it as a negative thing.