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Transfuturist comments on Open thread, Aug. 17 - Aug. 23, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Transfuturist 18 August 2015 01:27:27AM *  4 points [-]

The Open Thread is for all posts that don't necessitate their own thread. The media thread is for recommendations on entertainment. I don't see why comments should be necessary to bring a paper to LWs attention, especially in the Open Thread, and others clearly disagree with your opinion on this matter.

Comment author: Elo 18 August 2015 01:45:52AM -1 points [-]

There is a combination of multiple factors that I have an issue with.

  1. anonymous user
  2. multiple posts
  3. no commentary or discussion started
  4. link outbound
  5. repeated process each week

Alone I have no problem with any of these things (or a few of them); together they add up to; "that which by slow decay" destroys the nature of Lesswrong as we had it before.

There are multiple reasonable solutions to this problem; which include:

  • me leaving Lesswrong for greener pastures.

changing any of the 5 things:

  • making an account
  • posting less each week
  • starting a discussion
  • not linking outbound (but also not starting content that links outbound)
  • not doing it every week

But I would like the 5 changes to be tackled first before I leave.

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