Hey, everyone! I have created a new discussion platform for Less Wrong:
My goal for this project is to revitalize our community, and create a platform for rational conversations about the current events and new ideas. I'm hoping that in this format, we will have more active discussion, and get to know each other better.
The site is built using Mastodon - a new, open source, decentralized social networking platform that is currently taking off.
The description on the landing page of lesswrong.io is:
But that sounds like it could be a description of lesswrong.com. Is lesswrong.io intended to be a replacement for lesswrong.com? If so, is there a plan for deprecating lesswrong.com and migrating the user base over to lesswrong.io? If not, is seems to me that having two different forums with the same purpose could actually splinter rather than revitalize the community.
Are there any suggestions for what sorts of discussions the io site is for vs what sorts of discussions the .com site is for?
Nope. There is a plan underway to migrate lesswrong.com to a new codebase, but it'll be similar to Reddit / Hacker News (i.e. much the same) instead of Twitter / Mastodon.