Much of this is stuff that’s on the development team’s agenda (either to change or to think about).
One thing that’s a significant change that was very intentional is the “Opening up with the sequences, codex, and HPMOR” (albeit with a lot less certainty with HPMOR being included there).
We do plan to have an “All Posts” page that ends up being the primary way you consume the site (with newest content first). And for people who’ve already read the sequences et-al, that’ll be the preferred way for them to interact with the site.
But for newcomers, a major shift with Lesserwrong is essentially, “since the glory days where most good content is from were way back when, and since understanding the sequences really is important for being able to engage productively with the site, we want to be encouraging newcomers to first engage with that content rather than treating it as a forum where newcomers can show up and start posting immediately.” If you don’t have that, then the discussion won’t really have the elements that make Less Wrong particularly valuable.
But for newcomers, a major shift with Lesserwrong is essentially, “since the glory days where most good content is from were way back when, and since understanding the sequences really is important for being able to engage productively with the site, we want to be encouraging newcomers to first engage with that content rather than treating it as a forum where newcomers can show up and start posting immediately.” If you don’t have that, then the discussion won’t really have the elements that make Less Wrong particularly valuable.
I agree. But how about trying to only show it to newcomers? Perhaps anyone less than 200 karma for starters.
Later on, maybe track page views + time spent on each page in order to infer whether or not users have read the sequences (probably needs to be thought out some more, but something like that).
Much of this is stuff that’s on the development team’s agenda (either to change or to think about).
One thing that’s a significant change that was very intentional is the “Opening up with the sequences, codex, and HPMOR” (albeit with a lot less certainty with HPMOR being included there).
We do plan to have an “All Posts” page that ends up being the primary way you consume the site (with newest content first). And for people who’ve already read the sequences et-al, that’ll be the preferred way for them to interact with the site.
But for newcomers, a major shift with Lesserwrong is essentially, “since the glory days where most good content is from were way back when, and since understanding the sequences really is important for being able to engage productively with the site, we want to be encouraging newcomers to first engage with that content rather than treating it as a forum where newcomers can show up and start posting immediately.” If you don’t have that, then the discussion won’t really have the elements that make Less Wrong particularly valuable.
I agree. But how about trying to only show it to newcomers? Perhaps anyone less than 200 karma for starters.
Later on, maybe track page views + time spent on each page in order to infer whether or not users have read the sequences (probably needs to be thought out some more, but something like that).
People who aren’t newcomers can use a bookmark to go directly to another page.