Try out a hidden-name system in two weeks, weeks away from the regular quotes threads, as a trial run.
As an experimental run, begin a quotes thread with the following title and text:
Title:
Rationality Quotes Thread With Hidden Attributions and Voting
Text:
This thread has an experimental format for posting rationality quotes. Here is the format:
For those posting quotes:
Post the quote, but not the author, original language translated from, or other information.
As a reply to your comment, reply with the author and any other relevant information. This will be downvoted to −3 until it is hidden to users using the default setting of −3 downvotes. As another reply to your comment, comment with the single word “dynamo” and this comment will be voted up to +3, to offset downvotes from the other comment.
As a reply to the author’s name, comment with the word “evaluate”.
For those judging quotes:
Do not vote on the quote itself. Express your approval or disapproval by voting on the “evaluate” tab hidden within the tab containing the author’s information and context. Author’s names are downvoted to hide both them and the votes received by each quote. Ideally, every individual’s first impression and interpretation of a quote will be unaffected by its author or knowledge of how others on LW have responded to it.
For this experimental thread only:
Please post quotes that appeared in an LW quote thread no more recently than one year ago. Feel free to choose quotes that would be interesting out of context.
Sub-proposal:
Try out a hidden-name system in two weeks, weeks away from the regular quotes threads, as a trial run.
As an experimental run, begin a quotes thread with the following title and text:
Title:
Rationality Quotes Thread With Hidden Attributions and Voting
Text:
This thread has an experimental format for posting rationality quotes. Here is the format:
For those posting quotes:
Post the quote, but not the author, original language translated from, or other information.
As a reply to your comment, reply with the author and any other relevant information. This will be downvoted to −3 until it is hidden to users using the default setting of −3 downvotes. As another reply to your comment, comment with the single word “dynamo” and this comment will be voted up to +3, to offset downvotes from the other comment.
As a reply to the author’s name, comment with the word “evaluate”.
For those judging quotes:
Do not vote on the quote itself. Express your approval or disapproval by voting on the “evaluate” tab hidden within the tab containing the author’s information and context. Author’s names are downvoted to hide both them and the votes received by each quote. Ideally, every individual’s first impression and interpretation of a quote will be unaffected by its author or knowledge of how others on LW have responded to it.
For this experimental thread only:
Please post quotes that appeared in an LW quote thread no more recently than one year ago. Feel free to choose quotes that would be interesting out of context.
I think the sub-proposal is too complex and involves too many trivial inconveniences. I up-voted the original proposal.
Thank you for the feedback.