Fwiw, my interaction with lw and more broadly the rationalist scene in the Bay area was most of what formed my current stance that communities that I want to participate in operate on white lists, not black lists. This is such a fundamental shift that it affects everything about how I socialize, and made my life much better. Banning someone requiring a post of this effort level predicts that lots and lots of other good things aren’t happening, and that is mostly invisible.
FWIW I don’t think of LW as a ‘community’ in any strong sense. Most people here won’t be at your wedding or your funeral or pick you up from the airport if you’re traveling.
The connection is in the deciding whether or not to regularly participate. Said didn’t affect my decision here that much, but I’m way way above average in ability to dismiss criticism that I feel is non central.
Fwiw, my interaction with lw and more broadly the rationalist scene in the Bay area was most of what formed my current stance that communities that I want to participate in operate on white lists, not black lists. This is such a fundamental shift that it affects everything about how I socialize, and made my life much better. Banning someone requiring a post of this effort level predicts that lots and lots of other good things aren’t happening, and that is mostly invisible.
FWIW I don’t think of LW as a ‘community’ in any strong sense. Most people here won’t be at your wedding or your funeral or pick you up from the airport if you’re traveling.
The connection is in the deciding whether or not to regularly participate. Said didn’t affect my decision here that much, but I’m way way above average in ability to dismiss criticism that I feel is non central.