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Viliam comments on Open Thread May 16 - May 22, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 16 May 2016 10:15:49PM 7 points [-]

I signed up a few years back then left, slightly intimidated by the community (though I enjoyed reading the Sequences and discovered HPMOR through this site, which I then recommended to friends).

I also held back on posting from thinking regs would tire of rehashing old-to-them, new-to-me topics. The reason I just recently came back was from showing HPMOR to my boyfriend. I think a newbie thread would bring out some lurkers and help people better integrate into the community.

Great idea. :)

Comment author: Viliam 17 May 2016 08:26:59AM 5 points [-]

Okay, here is the Welcome Thread.

Comment author: Pimgd 17 May 2016 12:15:40PM 8 points [-]

This thread made me sign up because it is a big enough sign that you apparently care about new people - you're willing to go to that length to get people to sign up, so I'll guess I could create an account. Maybe that ought to lower the barrier for me to participate.