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Comment author: ChristianKl 25 May 2015 11:43:07PM *  2 points [-]

Project ideas. There are a lot of smart, skilled and ambitious people here who want to do good things. If LW made it easier to coordinate and work with people, I could see it having a huge impact.

I see no obstacle to open up threads in discussion for any project. There's also https://www.facebook.com/groups/dotimpact/

Online chat. Like Facebook. I think it'd be a) cool and b) sometimes useful.

We have a facebook group and there's an IRC channel.

Also we have written conversation here and a chat doesn't provide in person communication.

Social coordination:

Happens via Meetups. http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Less_Wrong_meetup_groups

Comment author: adamzerner 26 May 2015 01:00:16AM 1 point [-]

I see no obstacle to open up threads in discussion for any project.

My impression is just that people are much less inclined to do so than they would be if there was a section explicitly for project ideas. And that it's less organized.

There's also https://www.facebook.com/groups/dotimpact/

Very cool. I actually signed up for dotimpact a while ago, but have forgotten about it. Given the existence of dotimpact, I'm now not so sure whether it's worth having a separate place on LW for it. My first thoughts are:

1) It's worth linking to dotimpact. My thinking is that helping people on LW coordinate on projects has the potential to be a very impactful high level action.

2) It still seems worth it to have a section/thread for project discussions on LW.

We have a facebook group and there's an IRC channel.

Good point. I feel slightly stupid :) I'm not sure what my point is there or whether it's valid. I'm just envisioning it on LW and it feeling cool.

Comment author: Elo 28 May 2015 12:17:05AM 0 points [-]

Live/Realtime chat is a definite possibility.

Tools like hangouts/slack are the next generation of social interactions and I am already in a few groups based around those systems. The trick is finding the right interface to make it work. (the two mentioned seem to work okay)

Comment author: ChristianKl 27 May 2015 11:39:19PM 0 points [-]

My impression is just that people are much less inclined to do so than they would be if there was a section explicitly for project ideas.

Creating additional sections increases complexity. Creating additional section for things that could be solved via a thread in discussion or a Wiki page, seem like a bad idea to me.

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