I don’t know what’s up with people who say they still haven’t read the archives. When I discovered OB, I spent all my free time for two weeks reading the archives straight through :)
I support Roland’s idea. A few Eliezer posts per week, plus an (official, well-publicized, Eliezer-and-Robin-supported) forum where the rest of us could discuss those posts and bring up issues of our own. Certain community leaders (hopefully Eliezer and Robin if they have time) picking out particularly interesting topics and comments on the board and telling the posters to write them up in more depth as blog posts. Even if people rejected community-based blog posting, just having a forum to keep the Overcoming Bias community together would be worthwhile.
I’m more comfortable with BBSs than complicated upvote systems like Digg or Reddit. The ones I’ve seen tend toward groupthink, fifty topics on the same issue, and inane “Upvote if you don’t like President Bush” threads.
There are some interesting ideas floating around on preventing bulletin boards from degenerating. Require everyone use their real name, or some kind of initial investment of time or money to register an account, or have a karma system.
Kind of off-topic, but in case this is one of my last chances, I want to thank Robin and Eliezer and all the other writers. I usually only comment when I disagree with something, so it’s probably not obvious, but I am in awe of the intelligence and clear thinking you display. You have changed my outlook on life, logic, and the world.
I don’t know what’s up with people who say they still haven’t read the archives. When I discovered OB, I spent all my free time for two weeks reading the archives straight through :)
I support Roland’s idea. A few Eliezer posts per week, plus an (official, well-publicized, Eliezer-and-Robin-supported) forum where the rest of us could discuss those posts and bring up issues of our own. Certain community leaders (hopefully Eliezer and Robin if they have time) picking out particularly interesting topics and comments on the board and telling the posters to write them up in more depth as blog posts. Even if people rejected community-based blog posting, just having a forum to keep the Overcoming Bias community together would be worthwhile.
I’m more comfortable with BBSs than complicated upvote systems like Digg or Reddit. The ones I’ve seen tend toward groupthink, fifty topics on the same issue, and inane “Upvote if you don’t like President Bush” threads.
There are some interesting ideas floating around on preventing bulletin boards from degenerating. Require everyone use their real name, or some kind of initial investment of time or money to register an account, or have a karma system.
Kind of off-topic, but in case this is one of my last chances, I want to thank Robin and Eliezer and all the other writers. I usually only comment when I disagree with something, so it’s probably not obvious, but I am in awe of the intelligence and clear thinking you display. You have changed my outlook on life, logic, and the world.