The links and formatting are badly screwed up (because you used comment formatting, rather than post formatting, they’re different)
The post has a high ratio of flowery rhetoric and failed applause lights to substance
You have 64 karma and haven’t established a track record to indicate you can handle difficult topics first before violating the anti-politics norms
The post itself gives no indication of unusual sanity on these topics, or good signs for the future
The no-politics norm is helpful in repelling political hack commenters, among other purposes, and you don’t engage with the reasons why it generally gets strong support (in past polls and comments)
I am aware the links and formatting are badly screwed up. That is my fault, I’m attempting to fix it. I assumed that since LessWrong’s source code was based upon Reddit’s source code, formatting would be similar. This is not the case. I also realize that my poor Karma track record may not signal a remarkably high sanity waterline, and if you’d prefer, I could submit all 11 posts at once.
I admit there is some rhetoric used, with little useful information. I beg your patience, for this is the first post in 11 that I have already planned out , I just need to write them out. If you could be a little more specific, and tell me which sections are too “flowery”, and should be deleted, I’ll happily do so.
I am aware of the rule regarding no politics. Rest assured that I will not be talking directly about politics (I have already specified so in my post, did you read it?) , but rather about methods that we may use to discuss politics with greater sanity. I will not be violating any norm that I’m aware of. I’ve already proposed this thread in http://lesswrong.com/lw/cs8/open_thread_june_115_2012/6pv2
Can you give me examples of good indications of unusual sanity?
and if you’d prefer, I could submit all 11 posts at once.
Better to respond to feedback in deciding where to go thereafter.
Re: the karma, it’s that you should probably try normal posts first. If those posts are well-received that would put you in a better position to assess how to go forward.
Upvoted for agreement. I was looking forward to this post until I read it. It’s just an introduction with no real content. But I do agree that politics is an issue that LW should be able to tackle. Whether or not we can is a different question.
It’s not just a question of current LW contributors handling politics, but also how adding politics would affect the makeup of the LW contributor base.
Some problems I have with the post:
The links and formatting are badly screwed up (because you used comment formatting, rather than post formatting, they’re different)
The post has a high ratio of flowery rhetoric and failed applause lights to substance
You have 64 karma and haven’t established a track record to indicate you can handle difficult topics first before violating the anti-politics norms
The post itself gives no indication of unusual sanity on these topics, or good signs for the future
The no-politics norm is helpful in repelling political hack commenters, among other purposes, and you don’t engage with the reasons why it generally gets strong support (in past polls and comments)
I am aware the links and formatting are badly screwed up. That is my fault, I’m attempting to fix it. I assumed that since LessWrong’s source code was based upon Reddit’s source code, formatting would be similar. This is not the case. I also realize that my poor Karma track record may not signal a remarkably high sanity waterline, and if you’d prefer, I could submit all 11 posts at once.
I admit there is some rhetoric used, with little useful information. I beg your patience, for this is the first post in 11 that I have already planned out , I just need to write them out. If you could be a little more specific, and tell me which sections are too “flowery”, and should be deleted, I’ll happily do so.
I am aware of the rule regarding no politics. Rest assured that I will not be talking directly about politics (I have already specified so in my post, did you read it?) , but rather about methods that we may use to discuss politics with greater sanity. I will not be violating any norm that I’m aware of. I’ve already proposed this thread in http://lesswrong.com/lw/cs8/open_thread_june_115_2012/6pv2
Can you give me examples of good indications of unusual sanity?
Better to respond to feedback in deciding where to go thereafter.
Re: the karma, it’s that you should probably try normal posts first. If those posts are well-received that would put you in a better position to assess how to go forward.
Can you clarify normal posts? I believe I have already made them.
You had made comments, this is your first post.
I’d much rather read all 11 at once, whether or not you want to post all 11 at once to LW.
Upvoted for agreement. I was looking forward to this post until I read it. It’s just an introduction with no real content. But I do agree that politics is an issue that LW should be able to tackle. Whether or not we can is a different question.
It’s not just a question of current LW contributors handling politics, but also how adding politics would affect the makeup of the LW contributor base.
That is a very fair point.
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