I do realize point 2 is not the way LW is intended to operate
Well I would say the whole reason LW mods are banning Said is that we do, in fact, want LW to operate this way. (Or, directionally similarly to this). I do also want wrong ideas to get noticed and discarded, and I do want “good taste in generating ideas” (there are people who aren’t skilled enough at casual idea generation for me to feel excited about them generating such conversation on LW). But I think it’s an essential part of any real generative intellectual tradition.
Well I would say the whole reason LW mods are banning Said is that we do, in fact, want LW to operate this way. (Or, directionally similarly to this). I do also want wrong ideas to get noticed and discarded, and I do want “good taste in generating ideas” (there are people who aren’t skilled enough at casual idea generation for me to feel excited about them generating such conversation on LW). But I think it’s an essential part of any real generative intellectual tradition.