As far as I can tell, you’re trying to use standard arguments and appeals to emotion and group membership. LWers, as a general rule, come here because it’s a community that mostly ignores those appeals. LW is one of very few places I’ve come across where this is the case.
In general, the most effective thing I think you could do to improve your posts and comments would be to use more specific claims and back them up with specific evidence. You’re doing a great job of creating outlines before you post, and with translating your ideas into simple language (really, we do appreciate that). You could work a bit on being concise: there’s no need to write an essay just to ask if we should have more areas than just Discussion and Main.
Another, specific thing relating to this post: taboo “elitist” and all synonyms. You already started to reduce elitism to the parts that were bad, and I think you could benefit by going a bit further with that thread.
Finally, we kind of do have a third level: the biweekly open threads. This probably belongs there.
My intent was to say, basically “We look really bad, let’s not look bad” which, I realize, is different from a scientifically provable or mathematically verifiable point, but it’s interesting you went so far as to interpret this as “appeals to emotion”. Maybe you meant something else was wrong with it?
I am working on being concise, thanks for the suggestion.
I did work out what I mean by “elitism” that’s here.
Also, I’ve decided to investigate what other people mean by elitism. Do you care to explain your point of view?
As far as I can tell, you’re trying to use standard arguments and appeals to emotion and group membership. LWers, as a general rule, come here because it’s a community that mostly ignores those appeals. LW is one of very few places I’ve come across where this is the case.
In general, the most effective thing I think you could do to improve your posts and comments would be to use more specific claims and back them up with specific evidence. You’re doing a great job of creating outlines before you post, and with translating your ideas into simple language (really, we do appreciate that). You could work a bit on being concise: there’s no need to write an essay just to ask if we should have more areas than just Discussion and Main.
Another, specific thing relating to this post: taboo “elitist” and all synonyms. You already started to reduce elitism to the parts that were bad, and I think you could benefit by going a bit further with that thread.
Finally, we kind of do have a third level: the biweekly open threads. This probably belongs there.
Oh, was that what the post was about? Right, thanks.
Thank you, Wedrifid. (:
My intent was to say, basically “We look really bad, let’s not look bad” which, I realize, is different from a scientifically provable or mathematically verifiable point, but it’s interesting you went so far as to interpret this as “appeals to emotion”. Maybe you meant something else was wrong with it?
I am working on being concise, thanks for the suggestion.
I did work out what I mean by “elitism” that’s here.
Also, I’ve decided to investigate what other people mean by elitism. Do you care to explain your point of view?