I would guess that they’re people, and I always prefer for people to have a more accurate impression of valuable ideas (all else equal). Some might then decide to learn more about those ideas, and act upon them in valuable ways.
(I’m not suggesting that anyone prioritize this sort of community-building over other work that may be more pressing for them. But it seems weird to dismiss it entirely.)
I worry about the forum’s attentional attack surface. We allow extremely low effort signals to produce heat, which crowds out light.
I guess, on a personal level, I only ever fall into this trap when I’m procrastinating, so I want to push back against this vision of the forum as a procrastination trap, because I do suspect my experience generalizes to some degree.
I would guess that they’re people, and I always prefer for people to have a more accurate impression of valuable ideas (all else equal). Some might then decide to learn more about those ideas, and act upon them in valuable ways.
(I’m not suggesting that anyone prioritize this sort of community-building over other work that may be more pressing for them. But it seems weird to dismiss it entirely.)
I worry about the forum’s attentional attack surface. We allow extremely low effort signals to produce heat, which crowds out light.
I guess, on a personal level, I only ever fall into this trap when I’m procrastinating, so I want to push back against this vision of the forum as a procrastination trap, because I do suspect my experience generalizes to some degree.
Fair enough, but that’s the purpose of the recent changes to the ‘community’ tab, right?