I agree. The strict moderation and frequent downvoting (that restricts visibility) limit the potential for a lot of interesting threads. Given the very low frequency of new threads, allowing more wouldn’t be washing away the good content or anything. Reddit, which this site mirrors in form, thrives on turnover of content. Encouraging more threads instead of “post it in the open thread” would help.
My perfectly earnest comment was just downvoted and it now probably invisible to most people. In the past I have posted threads that get the response “post it in the open thread” or even “post it on /r/hpmor or /r/rational”. Not precisely moderation, but exclusion of a lot of topics.
I agree. The strict moderation and frequent downvoting (that restricts visibility) limit the potential for a lot of interesting threads. Given the very low frequency of new threads, allowing more wouldn’t be washing away the good content or anything. Reddit, which this site mirrors in form, thrives on turnover of content. Encouraging more threads instead of “post it in the open thread” would help.
Are we reading the same site? LW is not “strictly moderated,” relative to e.g. a mainstream subreddit.
My perfectly earnest comment was just downvoted and it now probably invisible to most people. In the past I have posted threads that get the response “post it in the open thread” or even “post it on /r/hpmor or /r/rational”. Not precisely moderation, but exclusion of a lot of topics.