Didn’t Stack Overflow (and in general the stackexchange network) already solve both these problems pretty well? If you’re just looking for knowledge creation on a particular topic why wouldn’t you use their system?
I think Wust-like systems are heading in a different direction.
The stackexchange network is about questions and answers. While a lot can be accomplished in that format, many things don’t fit it well. For example, most questions/answers there are under 1000 words (if I were to give a rough guess, I’d say the median is around 100-150 words). This makes it great for accumulating short bits of knowledge, but I highly doubt that these sites can generate new, interesting knowledge. Additionally, the format of these sites is extremely rigid—I doubt that StackOverflow would even accept questions about topics like AI risk, for example. And the community has little say in this.
Because of this, I imagine Wust-like systems to be more similar to LessWrong. Places where people can post longform pieces, where whole new domains can be cracked open and explored.
Didn’t Stack Overflow (and in general the stackexchange network) already solve both these problems pretty well? If you’re just looking for knowledge creation on a particular topic why wouldn’t you use their system?
I think Wust-like systems are heading in a different direction.
The stackexchange network is about questions and answers. While a lot can be accomplished in that format, many things don’t fit it well. For example, most questions/answers there are under 1000 words (if I were to give a rough guess, I’d say the median is around 100-150 words). This makes it great for accumulating short bits of knowledge, but I highly doubt that these sites can generate new, interesting knowledge. Additionally, the format of these sites is extremely rigid—I doubt that StackOverflow would even accept questions about topics like AI risk, for example. And the community has little say in this.
Because of this, I imagine Wust-like systems to be more similar to LessWrong. Places where people can post longform pieces, where whole new domains can be cracked open and explored.