The advantage of having a Substack blog is that you can write about topics that are not interesting for rationalists in general, and that you can also write for a non-rationalist audience. And if you write a lot, and you get lots of readers (which includes the non-rationalist audience), you might make some extra money.
For example, I have a blog about programming computer games in Java on Substack. Because of heavy procrastination I only wrote 5 articles in 3 years, so it means nothing. But in a parallel universe where I somehow succeeded to write an article every week, and got thousand readers… posting it on Less Wrong would probably be annoying for most Less Wrong readers, and I would lose most of the audience.
If one day I write a post that seems interesting for rationalists and non-rationalists alike (like maybe something about math or education), it would make sense to post it on Substack (if I already have a blog and an audience there) and cross-post to Less Wrong. If I write something that is only interesting for rationalists, it would make sense to write directly on Less Wrong.
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I think that it is good to have one central website for the rationalist community. I don’t want to follow dozen different writers individually. And it is good to have a place where I can e.g. ask something, and most rationalists will see my question.
Also, compared to Substack, the website is technically good, and compared to Reddit, moderation is good.
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Grab the good Eliezer tweets and bring them back to LW, collect half credit for the upvotes maybe?
Yes please! Also for others.
And for the rationalists who blog elsewhere and don’t cross-post to Less Wrong, maybe once in a month make a list containing links to their posts and short summaries?
I’ve been thinking of writing up some kind of Five Things Aspiring Rationalists Should Know document and try to get every meetup group to read the thing.
Yes please!
Would it make sense to ask an AI to create this document (after giving it the original Sequences)?
Welcome to LessWrong, AI, fiction about AI, AI, AI, fundraiser, AI, AI, AI, AI, AI, musings about moderation policy, book review, AI, AI, AI. I’m trying to filter out 3/4ths of the site at this point.
There should be big buttons: “All posts”, “Only AI posts”, “Hide AI posts” at the top of the main page.
Categories other than AI don’t make sense, in my opinion, there wouldn’t be enough content for them individually. (And that’s okay, because on reflection, how much time do you want to spend reading Less Wrong?)
The advantage of having a Substack blog is that you can write about topics that are not interesting for rationalists in general, and that you can also write for a non-rationalist audience. And if you write a lot, and you get lots of readers (which includes the non-rationalist audience), you might make some extra money.
For example, I have a blog about programming computer games in Java on Substack. Because of heavy procrastination I only wrote 5 articles in 3 years, so it means nothing. But in a parallel universe where I somehow succeeded to write an article every week, and got thousand readers… posting it on Less Wrong would probably be annoying for most Less Wrong readers, and I would lose most of the audience.
If one day I write a post that seems interesting for rationalists and non-rationalists alike (like maybe something about math or education), it would make sense to post it on Substack (if I already have a blog and an audience there) and cross-post to Less Wrong. If I write something that is only interesting for rationalists, it would make sense to write directly on Less Wrong.
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I think that it is good to have one central website for the rationalist community. I don’t want to follow dozen different writers individually. And it is good to have a place where I can e.g. ask something, and most rationalists will see my question.
Also, compared to Substack, the website is technically good, and compared to Reddit, moderation is good.
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Yes please! Also for others.
And for the rationalists who blog elsewhere and don’t cross-post to Less Wrong, maybe once in a month make a list containing links to their posts and short summaries?
Yes please!
Would it make sense to ask an AI to create this document (after giving it the original Sequences)?
There should be big buttons: “All posts”, “Only AI posts”, “Hide AI posts” at the top of the main page.
Categories other than AI don’t make sense, in my opinion, there wouldn’t be enough content for them individually. (And that’s okay, because on reflection, how much time do you want to spend reading Less Wrong?)