Well, if the general idea that Main-blog posts are a good read per se, even without reading comments or any Discussion threads, I’d say that of 13 posts in the list, there are:
Low Hanging Fruit—Basic Bedroom Decorating
Expertise and advice
A Protocol for Optimizing Affection
Information-coveying medium-length posts liked by community
Only say ‘rational’ when you can’t eliminate the word
The rational rationalist’s guide to rationally using “rational” in rational post titles
Very relevant in Discussion, out of context in Main
Short Primers on Crucial Topics
Funding Good Research
A Scholarly AI Risk Wiki
Discussion of low-level strategy. Will be useful for general audience after we know how it turned out, maybe; currently it is a status update that is shown to those who are interested in the inner workings of community.
List of underrated risks?
Share Your Checklists!
Questions, not blog posts.
Posts I’d Like To Write (Includes Poll)
Between question and strategy discussion
[Link] Reason: the God that fails, but we keep socially promoting….
An interesting external link
Computer Science and Programming: Links and Resources
A set of external links
All in all, I would say that 3 of 13 clearly match my perception of idea of “Main” and 2 more match my perception of supposed reading pattern of “Main”. For majority of posts, their moving to Main means somewhat redefining Main. I don’t have an opinion if it is a good or a bad idea (I read both for fun and don’t believe in LW core values), but I do think that majority of high-voted Discussion posts cited had a respectable reason to be in Discussion.
Well, if the general idea that Main-blog posts are a good read per se, even without reading comments or any Discussion threads, I’d say that of 13 posts in the list, there are:
Information-coveying medium-length posts liked by community
Very relevant in Discussion, out of context in Main
Discussion of low-level strategy. Will be useful for general audience after we know how it turned out, maybe; currently it is a status update that is shown to those who are interested in the inner workings of community.
Questions, not blog posts.
Between question and strategy discussion
An interesting external link
A set of external links
All in all, I would say that 3 of 13 clearly match my perception of idea of “Main” and 2 more match my perception of supposed reading pattern of “Main”. For majority of posts, their moving to Main means somewhat redefining Main. I don’t have an opinion if it is a good or a bad idea (I read both for fun and don’t believe in LW core values), but I do think that majority of high-voted Discussion posts cited had a respectable reason to be in Discussion.