So I’ll just give some reporting on a vibe I’ve been feeling on the forum.
I feel a lot more comfortable posting on LessWrong compared to the EA forum because it feels like there’s a lot more moral outrage here? Like if I go back 3 or 4 years I felt that the forum was a lot more open to discussing and exploring new ideas. There’s been some controversies recently around meat-eater problem stuff and similar and I can’t help but just feel uncomfortable posting stuff with how people have started to react?
I like the different debate weeks as I think it sets up a specific context to create more content which is quite great. Maybe it’s a vibe thing, maybe it’s something else but I feel that the virtue of open-hearted truthseeking is missing compared to a couple of years back and it makes me want to avoid posting.
I do believe that the post standard should be lowered at least a bit and for things to be more exploratory again. So uhhhm, more events that invite more community writing and engagement?
So I’ll just give some reporting on a vibe I’ve been feeling on the forum.
I feel a lot more comfortable posting on LessWrong compared to the EA forum because it feels like there’s a lot more moral outrage here? Like if I go back 3 or 4 years I felt that the forum was a lot more open to discussing and exploring new ideas. There’s been some controversies recently around meat-eater problem stuff and similar and I can’t help but just feel uncomfortable posting stuff with how people have started to react?
I like the different debate weeks as I think it sets up a specific context to create more content which is quite great. Maybe it’s a vibe thing, maybe it’s something else but I feel that the virtue of open-hearted truthseeking is missing compared to a couple of years back and it makes me want to avoid posting.
I do believe that the post standard should be lowered at least a bit and for things to be more exploratory again. So uhhhm, more events that invite more community writing and engagement?