Vaniver comments on Political topics attract participants inclined to use the norms of mainstream political debate, risking a tipping point to lower quality discussion

[Vaniver]

What I’ve been noticing is that right now, Slatestarcodex is sort of the place people go to talk about politics in a rationality-infused setting, and the comments there have been trending in the direction you’d caution about. (I’m not sure whether to be sad about that or glad that there’s a designated place for political fighting)

I would be very sad if LW comments went the way of Slate Star Codex comments.

[Raemon]

I hadn’t noticed a trend of political posts on LW, so hadn’t been worried about this specific phenomenon.