Did CFAR get entangled in some sort of violent turf war or something? Was this cross-posted to some other rationality forum where it’s getting hundreds of upvotes? This isn’t 71-upvote material, the ultimate CFAR handbook is clearly worth way more than that.
It would make a lot more sense if the lack of attention was due to CFAR having tons of baggage, such as the scars left behind from being defeated in a massive turf war.
It’s not new content but just reposting existing content that already exists in the published pdf of the handbook. The fact that it’s now published doesn’t produce a sense of “I now have to read this new post and then vote on it after reading it.”
Ah, I see. It was allegedly supposed to be an updated version (I haven’t cross-referenced it with the pdf), but at the end of the day I guess it’s still just a second edition. I’ll lean on this one just because it’s the latest version, and explicitly stated to be viable as a standalone work.
If this is the canonical reference for one of the most important concepts of all time on LW (and I think it is), then I’d bid in favor of it getting upvoted on that basis even if it’s not novel. My thinking is that LW is meant to mostly be a timeless repository of knowledge, where content continues to be used ten years from now rather than just being used for a month. If someone stumbles on this page in five or ten years, I want the upvotes to provide a signal about how useful the post is to read.
(The karma only matters as a signal for people who aren’t familiar with the post/concept; if you are familiar, you can just decide whether to reread on that basis.)
‘Karma as a signal that I want to see more things like this’ matters a little, but less than usual since CFAR!Duncan is a dummy account and the handbook-posting is a scheduled thing.
(Of course, some people won’t read the post because they’ve seen it in the past, and also won’t want to upvote something based only on a vague years-old recollection. That makes total sense to me. But if you do read it, I wouldn’t personally hold back on upvotes just because it’s old.)
Did CFAR get entangled in some sort of violent turf war or something? Was this cross-posted to some other rationality forum where it’s getting hundreds of upvotes? This isn’t 71-upvote material, the ultimate CFAR handbook is clearly worth way more than that.
It would make a lot more sense if the lack of attention was due to CFAR having tons of baggage, such as the scars left behind from being defeated in a massive turf war.
It’s not new content but just reposting existing content that already exists in the published pdf of the handbook. The fact that it’s now published doesn’t produce a sense of “I now have to read this new post and then vote on it after reading it.”
Ah, I see. It was allegedly supposed to be an updated version (I haven’t cross-referenced it with the pdf), but at the end of the day I guess it’s still just a second edition. I’ll lean on this one just because it’s the latest version, and explicitly stated to be viable as a standalone work.
The content might be very good but it was already accessible to everyone. I’m not upvoting this post because I already was familiar with it.
If this is the canonical reference for one of the most important concepts of all time on LW (and I think it is), then I’d bid in favor of it getting upvoted on that basis even if it’s not novel. My thinking is that LW is meant to mostly be a timeless repository of knowledge, where content continues to be used ten years from now rather than just being used for a month. If someone stumbles on this page in five or ten years, I want the upvotes to provide a signal about how useful the post is to read.
(The karma only matters as a signal for people who aren’t familiar with the post/concept; if you are familiar, you can just decide whether to reread on that basis.)
‘Karma as a signal that I want to see more things like this’ matters a little, but less than usual since CFAR!Duncan is a dummy account and the handbook-posting is a scheduled thing.
(Of course, some people won’t read the post because they’ve seen it in the past, and also won’t want to upvote something based only on a vague years-old recollection. That makes total sense to me. But if you do read it, I wouldn’t personally hold back on upvotes just because it’s old.)
That makes perfect sense, thank you! My confusion has been resolved.