If that’s the criteria for being in a more highly promoted content class, we select for controversy and attention hijackers that compel commentary.
Lots of smart people read Less Wrong. If you think it would be valuable for lots of smart people to read your thing (because it’s important, valuable, high-quality, whatever), put it in Discussion or Main. If twenty smart people is enough, put it in an open thread.
I consider karma votes to be a better tool to give people an idea whether it’s valuable to read something.
The open thread format doesn’t work well for issues with a lot of comments.
If that’s the criteria for being in a more highly promoted content class, we select for controversy and attention hijackers that compel commentary.
Lots of smart people read Less Wrong. If you think it would be valuable for lots of smart people to read your thing (because it’s important, valuable, high-quality, whatever), put it in Discussion or Main. If twenty smart people is enough, put it in an open thread.
I consider karma votes to be a better tool to give people an idea whether it’s valuable to read something. The open thread format doesn’t work well for issues with a lot of comments.