The Discussion system will render the Karma Coward option redundant. People wanting to post at low-risk to guage standards can do that in the Discussion, without diluting top-level content. Also,
I would not have continued LessWrong if I hadn’t seen its extremely high standards. They’re what makes LessWrong extremely special, and invaluably unique, to the world I would say. There are plenty of other forums out there where people can post non-heavily deliberated material.
We’re not being “elitist pricks”, we’re creating an option that hitherto simply wouldn’t exist otherwise.
Tom,
The Discussion system will render the Karma Coward option redundant. People wanting to post at low-risk to guage standards can do that in the Discussion, without diluting top-level content. Also,
I would not have continued LessWrong if I hadn’t seen its extremely high standards. They’re what makes LessWrong extremely special, and invaluably unique, to the world I would say. There are plenty of other forums out there where people can post non-heavily deliberated material.
We’re not being “elitist pricks”, we’re creating an option that hitherto simply wouldn’t exist otherwise.