Heads up! I’m planning a Draft Amnesty event (like this one). I think the last one went really well, and I’m pretty excited to run this.
The Draft Amnesty event will probably be a week long, around mid-march.
I’ll likely post some question threads such as “What posts would you like to see someone write?” (like this one) and “What posts are you thinking of writing?” (like this one), and set up some gather.town co-working/ social opportunities for polishing posts/ writing up drafts in the build up.
I’m also brainstorming ways to make draft amnesty posts appear as a different genre to Forum users (such as a different font for the title, a different page for draft posts, or a visible “draft amnesty” tag that can be seen from the frontpage list view), and let them opt out of seeing them. This should ameliorate concerns about the frontpage being full of lower-standard content (though fwiw I think this is unlikely because of the karma system), and also to take some more pressure off the posters (I don’t want people to not post because they worry their draft isn’t polished enough!)
I’ll put up a proper announcement soon, with more of a plan, but feel free to use the comments of this quick take to share any things you would be excited to see, ideas, concerns, or questions.
I’d be really interested to see what posts people want to see. I’m happy to devote some time and effort to creating posts if I thought it would be useful to people. Especially if it’s in my skillset. Sometimes it can be hard to tell what’s useful beyond getting inbox messages after the fact.
I have an idea that is burning and makes me loose sleep, but its too big for one person so more eyes on it is better.
The theme is mindful hacking. A hack is a clever trick, a sort of thing a trickster archetype would do. One thing about tricksters is that it often bites them back, so when hacking one must be mindful about the ethical considerations of their hacks. In particular the recent bestseller A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back, suggests several hacks that seem odd—there is nothing wrong with them on the surface but I have a hunch it will come bite back if one would attempt them in the real life. So the work on this piece would be mostly in the above mentioned book critique and coming up with a better representation: one that is easier to read and that highlights the tradeoffs and the dilemmas associated with the non-trivial hacks.
Heads up! I’m planning a Draft Amnesty event (like this one). I think the last one went really well, and I’m pretty excited to run this.
The Draft Amnesty event will probably be a week long, around mid-march.
I’ll likely post some question threads such as “What posts would you like to see someone write?” (like this one) and “What posts are you thinking of writing?” (like this one), and set up some gather.town co-working/ social opportunities for polishing posts/ writing up drafts in the build up.
I’m also brainstorming ways to make draft amnesty posts appear as a different genre to Forum users (such as a different font for the title, a different page for draft posts, or a visible “draft amnesty” tag that can be seen from the frontpage list view), and let them opt out of seeing them. This should ameliorate concerns about the frontpage being full of lower-standard content (though fwiw I think this is unlikely because of the karma system), and also to take some more pressure off the posters (I don’t want people to not post because they worry their draft isn’t polished enough!)
I’ll put up a proper announcement soon, with more of a plan, but feel free to use the comments of this quick take to share any things you would be excited to see, ideas, concerns, or questions.
I’d be really interested to see what posts people want to see. I’m happy to devote some time and effort to creating posts if I thought it would be useful to people. Especially if it’s in my skillset. Sometimes it can be hard to tell what’s useful beyond getting inbox messages after the fact.
Dear Toby, thank you for this idea!
I have an idea that is burning and makes me loose sleep, but its too big for one person so more eyes on it is better.
The theme is mindful hacking.
A hack is a clever trick, a sort of thing a trickster archetype would do. One thing about tricksters is that it often bites them back, so when hacking one must be mindful about the ethical considerations of their hacks. In particular the recent bestseller A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules, and How to Bend them Back, suggests several hacks that seem odd—there is nothing wrong with them on the surface but I have a hunch it will come bite back if one would attempt them in the real life. So the work on this piece would be mostly in the above mentioned book critique and coming up with a better representation: one that is easier to read and that highlights the tradeoffs and the dilemmas associated with the non-trivial hacks.
Thank you and let me know what you think!