Perhaps ironically/terrifyingly I think the LW/Sneerclub Petrov Day experiment is most interesting if it actually destroys the whole site forever, rather than symbolically taking down one page for a day. This is more analogous to the US/Soviets and their goals + level of hostility
(Although I expect that deal to still be heavily lopsided in favor of SneerClub, given that SneerClub’s main goal seems more like “fuck LW” than “have a functioning nice community”)
Great. I would be even happier if you explicitly thought it’s a bad idea.
Edit: this received many downvotes and I’m puzzled. Maybe it sounds snarky? That was unintentional; sorry Ray. Maybe it sounds pedantic and unnecessary? I dunno, explicitly and directly destroying value feels like Not A Game to me (related to but distinct from sacredness), analogous to if Ray had said “it would be interesting to see how many more people would die if we sabotaged the Against Malaria Foundation” though of course weaker than that.
Perhaps ironically/terrifyingly I think the LW/Sneerclub Petrov Day experiment is most interesting if it actually destroys the whole site forever, rather than symbolically taking down one page for a day. This is more analogous to the US/Soviets and their goals + level of hostility
(Although I expect that deal to still be heavily lopsided in favor of SneerClub, given that SneerClub’s main goal seems more like “fuck LW” than “have a functioning nice community”)
This is a bad idea. Don’t do it.
To be clear I was not even slightly implying this was a “good idea”. Just “interesting.”
Great. I would be even happier if you explicitly thought it’s a bad idea.
Edit: this received many downvotes and I’m puzzled. Maybe it sounds snarky? That was unintentional; sorry Ray. Maybe it sounds pedantic and unnecessary? I dunno, explicitly and directly destroying value feels like Not A Game to me (related to but distinct from sacredness), analogous to if Ray had said “it would be interesting to see how many more people would die if we sabotaged the Against Malaria Foundation” though of course weaker than that.
I do indeed explicitly think it is a bad idea.