I think dating advice has presumably the value of improving someone’s dating.
When it comes to political discussions it not as clear. To you have a political discussion on LessWrong to arm people with arguments to win arguments with their real life friends.
Do you have the discussion to effect political change?
Do you have the discussion to fulfill your obligation of being politically informed as a citizen in a democracy?
Do you have the discussion to learn something structural about how politics works and transfer your knowledge to another problem domain?
All those are plausible goals that you could have when discussing politics on LessWrong. Depending on what of those you value, you might prefer a different kind of discussion on LessWrong.
I think dating advice has presumably the value of improving someone’s dating.
When it comes to political discussions it not as clear. To you have a political discussion on LessWrong to arm people with arguments to win arguments with their real life friends. Do you have the discussion to effect political change? Do you have the discussion to fulfill your obligation of being politically informed as a citizen in a democracy? Do you have the discussion to learn something structural about how politics works and transfer your knowledge to another problem domain?
All those are plausible goals that you could have when discussing politics on LessWrong. Depending on what of those you value, you might prefer a different kind of discussion on LessWrong.