mni, I followed in your footsteps years later, and then dropped away, just as you did. I came back after several months to look for an answer to a specific question—stayed for a bit, poking around—and before I go away again, I’d just like to say: if this’d been a community that was able to keep you, it probably would have kept me too.
You seem awesome. Where did you go? Can I follow you there?
I see people leave Less Wrong for similar reasons all the time. In my optimistic moods, I try to understand the problem and think up ways to fix it. In my pessimistic moods, this blog and its meetups are doomed from the start; the community will retain only those women who are already dating people in the community; and the whole thing will end in a whimper.
mni, I followed in your footsteps years later, and then dropped away, just as you did. I came back after several months to look for an answer to a specific question—stayed for a bit, poking around—and before I go away again, I’d just like to say: if this’d been a community that was able to keep you, it probably would have kept me too.
You seem awesome. Where did you go? Can I follow you there?
I see people leave Less Wrong for similar reasons all the time. In my optimistic moods, I try to understand the problem and think up ways to fix it. In my pessimistic moods, this blog and its meetups are doomed from the start; the community will retain only those women who are already dating people in the community; and the whole thing will end in a whimper.
This needs to be a primary concern during the setting-up of the rationality spin-off SIAI is planning. It needs to be done right, at the beginning.