I actually have made detailed notes on the first 65% of the book, and hope to write up some summaries of the chapters.
It’s a great work. To do the relevant literature reviews would likely have taken me 100s of hours, rather than the 10s to study the book. As with all social science, the conclusions from most of the individual studies are suspect, but I think it sets out some great and concrete models to start from and test against other data we have.
Added: I’m Ben Pace, from LessWrong.
Added2: I finished the book. Not sure when my priorities will allow me to turn it into blogposts, alas.
I’ve not yet read it myself, but I’m curious if anyone involved in this project has read “Building Successful Online Communities: Evidence-Based Social Design” (https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/building-successful-online-communities). Seems quite relevant.
I actually have made detailed notes on the first 65% of the book, and hope to write up some summaries of the chapters.
It’s a great work. To do the relevant literature reviews would likely have taken me 100s of hours, rather than the 10s to study the book. As with all social science, the conclusions from most of the individual studies are suspect, but I think it sets out some great and concrete models to start from and test against other data we have.
Added: I’m Ben Pace, from LessWrong.
Added2: I finished the book. Not sure when my priorities will allow me to turn it into blogposts, alas.
That’s great to hear!
Oh thanks for sharing this!