If this is something that everyone reads, it might be nice to provide links to more technical details of the site. I imagine that someone reading this who then engages with LW might wonder:
What makes a curated post a curated post? (this might fit into the site guide on personal vs frontpage posts)
Why do comments/posts have more karma than votes?
What’s the mapping between users’ karma and voting power?
How does editing work? Some things are not immediately obvious, like:
How do I use latex?
How do I use footnotes?
How do I create images?
How does moderation work? Who can moderate their own posts?
This kind of knowledge isn’t gathered in one place right now, and is typically difficult to google.
If this is something that everyone reads, it might be nice to provide links to more technical details of the site. I imagine that someone reading this who then engages with LW might wonder:
What makes a curated post a curated post? (this might fit into the site guide on personal vs frontpage posts)
Why do comments/posts have more karma than votes?
What’s the mapping between users’ karma and voting power?
How does editing work? Some things are not immediately obvious, like:
How do I use latex?
How do I use footnotes?
How do I create images?
How does moderation work? Who can moderate their own posts?
This kind of knowledge isn’t gathered in one place right now, and is typically difficult to google.
These questions are now addressed in the LessWrong FAQ. Specifically you want the sections on Curated, Voting, the Editor, and Moderation.
I will note that even now I am not entirely clear on a number of these questions.
Yes, the lack of clear explanation of these topics is a clear deficit I hope we can rectify very soon. Thanks for compiling this handy list.