This. In particular, significant media coverage that portrays LW as high-status (“this is where all the smart people hang out!”) is likely to end badly.
Hacker News had a semi-joking strategy, “everyone post articles on Haskell internals*” on days following media exposure. It actually seemed to work pretty well—but I don’t know if we have enough posting volume, and enough un-posted articles on the mathematical side of decision theory and anthropics to use a similar strategy.
*(edit: it was Erlang internals; gjm’s memory is better than mine).
I thought it was Erlang (see also). (It might be Haskell if they did it again now. I think Haskell has grown trendier and Erlang less so among the HN crowd.)
EDITED to add: PG’s response to the Erlang storm, the top comment here: Hacker News community as UFAI!
I’d be quite cautious about seeking greater media coverage without a plan to deal with an “Eternal September” on Less Wrong.
This. In particular, significant media coverage that portrays LW as high-status (“this is where all the smart people hang out!”) is likely to end badly.
Hacker News had a semi-joking strategy, “everyone post articles on Haskell internals*” on days following media exposure. It actually seemed to work pretty well—but I don’t know if we have enough posting volume, and enough un-posted articles on the mathematical side of decision theory and anthropics to use a similar strategy.
*(edit: it was Erlang internals; gjm’s memory is better than mine).
I thought it was Erlang (see also). (It might be Haskell if they did it again now. I think Haskell has grown trendier and Erlang less so among the HN crowd.)
EDITED to add: PG’s response to the Erlang storm, the top comment here: Hacker News community as UFAI!