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polymathwannabe comments on Open thread, Nov. 23 - Nov. 29, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 24 November 2015 04:29:21PM *  2 points [-]

Usually, your questions feel more suited for a general-purpose forum than the narrowly specialized set of interests commonly discussed here. (We do have "Stupid Questions" and "Instrumental Rationality" threads, but even those follow the same standards for comment quality as the rest of LW.)

Also, posting a dozen questions in succession may give users the impression that you're trying to monopolize the discussion. Even if that's not your intention, I would understand it if some users ended up thinking it is.

I would suggest looking for specialized forums on some of the topics that interest you, and using LW only for topics likely to be of interest to rationalists.

Comment author: Clarity 24 November 2015 11:45:31PM 2 points [-]

Thanks. Do you have a suggestion for another forum you recommend I move to?

Comment author: polymathwannabe 25 November 2015 01:19:39AM 3 points [-]

I don't know much about topic-specific forums, but seeing as you like to ask frequent questions, Reddit and Quora come to mind.