As someone who came across this website recently, I very quickly got into the Sequences because of how articles I homed in on referred back to others etc. etc. often leading to the Sequences which then have a clear order in which it makes sense to read them. My brother did the same thing (in fact, ignored my suggestions on individual articles he’d like and very quickly started working through the sequences)
Of course, generalising from two is dangerous, especially as we’re family and think in similar ways. But I do think the way articles cross-refer is very useful. Perhaps you could achieve some of the same objectives simply by keeping clear links to Sequence posts wherever relevant, rather than assuming the knowledge. Though, as I said, this already happens a lot!
I’d also add that the ‘reading group’ idea raised by is great: I’d love to be able to discuss the Sequences as I go through them with a larger group who are at a similar place. I think if you just read stuff it’s very easy to think you understand it and promptly forget it. These groups could be just between lots of new readers, or could also have a link to someone who’s familiar with them and can clarify any confusions.
I actually find the way articles cross reference infuriating. It’s fun, but it quickly leaves me in a complicated mess of tabs, each of which is only tangentially related to the hyperlink that led me there. I didn’t even realize there WAS a sequence for a while, and by the time I did I couldn’t remember what I had read already and what I hadn’t.
As someone who came across this website recently, I very quickly got into the Sequences because of how articles I homed in on referred back to others etc. etc. often leading to the Sequences which then have a clear order in which it makes sense to read them. My brother did the same thing (in fact, ignored my suggestions on individual articles he’d like and very quickly started working through the sequences)
Of course, generalising from two is dangerous, especially as we’re family and think in similar ways. But I do think the way articles cross-refer is very useful. Perhaps you could achieve some of the same objectives simply by keeping clear links to Sequence posts wherever relevant, rather than assuming the knowledge. Though, as I said, this already happens a lot!
I’d also add that the ‘reading group’ idea raised by is great: I’d love to be able to discuss the Sequences as I go through them with a larger group who are at a similar place. I think if you just read stuff it’s very easy to think you understand it and promptly forget it. These groups could be just between lots of new readers, or could also have a link to someone who’s familiar with them and can clarify any confusions.
I actually find the way articles cross reference infuriating. It’s fun, but it quickly leaves me in a complicated mess of tabs, each of which is only tangentially related to the hyperlink that led me there. I didn’t even realize there WAS a sequence for a while, and by the time I did I couldn’t remember what I had read already and what I hadn’t.