Basically all the ways LessWrong is different from Reddit are structured, very explicitly, to move it away from the pole of blunt honesty and not taking offense back toward the general population. I think the only feature LW has introduced since LW 2.0 that pushes in favor of either of those things is the introduction of agreement karma distinct from overall karma, and that’s a fairly weak push.
Basically all the ways LessWrong is different from Reddit are structured, very explicitly, to move it away from the pole of blunt honesty and not taking offense back toward the general population. I think the only feature LW has introduced since LW 2.0 that pushes in favor of either of those things is the introduction of agreement karma distinct from overall karma, and that’s a fairly weak push.