I note that when I ran the Conor Moreton experiment, it seemed to me to confirm that karma and attention does accrue to good writing without prior reputation. Perhaps it takes a couple of rounds, to get past people’s ordinary why-should-this-be-promoted-to-my-attention-above-everything-else-competing-for-that-attention heuristics, but.
Nobody had a clue who Conor Moreton was, and after a week, he was being listened to.
I note that when I ran the Conor Moreton experiment, it seemed to me to confirm that karma and attention does accrue to good writing without prior reputation. Perhaps it takes a couple of rounds, to get past people’s ordinary why-should-this-be-promoted-to-my-attention-above-everything-else-competing-for-that-attention heuristics, but.
Nobody had a clue who Conor Moreton was, and after a week, he was being listened to.