Now, I’m making an intentional effort to engage more with things. I think a community norm of voicing even simple agreement / appreciation can make this place a more enjoyable place to be.
Hmm. Well, I figure a community tends to be more fun when people are actively responding to things. I know I’d show up here more often if I knew that my ideas would get bounced off of by others.
At the same time, I’d been writing my own thoughts up on rationality, and I’d gotten to a point where I thought these ideas might be interesting to the LW audience.
Then the Anna post on LW becoming a central locus showed up, and i thought, “hey, this is cool, things are lining up well.” (Which also triggered more thoughts about the community)
So basically a combination of the above tree things.
I used to just view.
Now, I’m making an intentional effort to engage more with things. I think a community norm of voicing even simple agreement / appreciation can make this place a more enjoyable place to be.
Do you have a causal theory as to what changed your intention? If so, I’m curious to know how it seemed to work.
Hmm. Well, I figure a community tends to be more fun when people are actively responding to things. I know I’d show up here more often if I knew that my ideas would get bounced off of by others.
At the same time, I’d been writing my own thoughts up on rationality, and I’d gotten to a point where I thought these ideas might be interesting to the LW audience.
Then the Anna post on LW becoming a central locus showed up, and i thought, “hey, this is cool, things are lining up well.” (Which also triggered more thoughts about the community)
So basically a combination of the above tree things.