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Comment author: RomeoStevens 21 April 2015 10:25:15PM *  6 points [-]

I'm pretty intimidated about posting, since you guys all seem so smart and knowledgeable, but here goes.

So I take the quality of this post along with this statement to indicate LW is not being friendly enough. I think we're currently losing more than we're gaining by being discouraging to newbies and lurkers. One suggestion I have that is probably unrealistic would be integrating the LW chatroom into the main site somehow so that people could get to it via a link from the front page. Chat feels like much less of a commitment than posting to even an open thread.

OP: good post. Don't worry about not being "up to snuff."

Comment author: [deleted] 22 April 2015 02:30:40AM 2 points [-]

Thanks :)

I'll just say the intimidation factor for me stems more from my own utter lack of scientific knowledge than any unfriendliness on your guys' part. A visible chat room would definitely be a nice feature though!

Comment author: Viliam 22 April 2015 09:03:41AM 0 points [-]

A visible chat room would definitely be a nice feature though!

I do not use it, but I found these links in wiki:

Comment author: RomeoStevens 22 April 2015 08:48:06PM 1 point [-]

Yes, but that is many clicks and button presses away. Making it a one click process would funnel lots of lurkers there where they could ask questions or talk about posts in a less permanent way.

Comment author: adamzerner 21 April 2015 10:42:46PM *  2 points [-]

ABSOLUTELY!

In general, I think the bar for posts in Discussion is way too high. After all, if you want to have a discussion, the only thing you really need is a question.

Edit: Obviously there's value in starting off a discussion with something more than just a question, and that all else equal, you'd prefer to start the discussion with more rather than less. But I still get the impression that the general atmosphere is to hold Discussion posts to way too high a standard.

One suggestion I have that is probably unrealistic would be integrating the LW chatroom

Agreed. I hope to do some work on the site in the next year or so (I'm not a good enough developer yet).

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