Thanks, Sarunas. We’ve been thinking about this issue; multiple people have brought up the example of MathOverflow in previous discussions. It’s a very relevant data point, though the intent of this forum differs from the intent behind MO in a number of ways.
Thanks, Sarunas. We’ve been thinking about this issue; multiple people have brought up the example of MathOverflow in previous discussions. It’s a very relevant data point, though the intent of this forum differs from the intent behind MO in a number of ways.
Video recommendation: Joel Spolsky, cofounder of Stack Exchange, examining consequences of various forum designs: The Cultural Anthropology of Stack Exchange.
It might also be worth talking to David Zureick-Brown (co-founder of MO) about this (and maybe other things). He’s already interested in MIRI’s work.