also, lesswrong is largely a place for entertainment, posts that aren’t offensive but are entertaining and make the reader feel smarter for having read it, get more interaction and upvotes than things that are actually helpful/useful, etc—and because its browsed by neel nanda, richard ngo, etc type, it’ll get seen by them and as long as its not too repulsive to them, just that its getting this high number and lots of interactions and also is entertaining, will mean that it has a higher chance of getting read and then promoted and other stuff.
Also, the best thing for lesswrong posting is to have something in the post that *could* and is *likely* to be misinterpreted and called out by someone who isnt super bright, but is confident, but be able to slam them down decisively and show that you were clearly correct all along and look really smart—esp if after reading your critique people go ‘oh yeah, thats obviously true, they’re so right, this couldn’t be interpreted any other way’
also, lesswrong is largely a place for entertainment, posts that aren’t offensive but are entertaining and make the reader feel smarter for having read it, get more interaction and upvotes than things that are actually helpful/useful, etc—and because its browsed by neel nanda, richard ngo, etc type, it’ll get seen by them and as long as its not too repulsive to them, just that its getting this high number and lots of interactions and also is entertaining, will mean that it has a higher chance of getting read and then promoted and other stuff.
Also, the best thing for lesswrong posting is to have something in the post that *could* and is *likely* to be misinterpreted and called out by someone who isnt super bright, but is confident, but be able to slam them down decisively and show that you were clearly correct all along and look really smart—esp if after reading your critique people go ‘oh yeah, thats obviously true, they’re so right, this couldn’t be interpreted any other way’