For things I am more confident about and I want to push or get more serious feedback on I post it in the Alignment Forum or the Effective Altruism Forum.
For example, when I started thinking about forecast aggregation I posted my unpolished thoughts here [1].
Now that I have grown more confident in my understanding I have been posting in the EA Forum [2].
This is not a hard rule, but I found the heuristic useful. My reasoning is something like:
LessWrong is a good place for wild speculation. I feel more likely to be called out on bullshit that does not make sense in a constructive way.
The EA Forum / Alignment Forum is less lenient of jargon and bullshit, plus it has a more consistent quality of content. It forces me to be more precise and rigourous.
I post all exploration/babble in LessWrong.
For things I am more confident about and I want to push or get more serious feedback on I post it in the Alignment Forum or the Effective Altruism Forum.
For example, when I started thinking about forecast aggregation I posted my unpolished thoughts here [1].
Now that I have grown more confident in my understanding I have been posting in the EA Forum [2].
This is not a hard rule, but I found the heuristic useful. My reasoning is something like:
LessWrong is a good place for wild speculation. I feel more likely to be called out on bullshit that does not make sense in a constructive way.
The EA Forum / Alignment Forum is less lenient of jargon and bullshit, plus it has a more consistent quality of content. It forces me to be more precise and rigourous.
[1] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/mpDGNJFYzyKkg7zc2/aggregating-forecasts
[2] https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/s/hjiBqAJNKhfJFq7kf/p/biL94PKfeHmgHY6qe