Twitter Cross Posting

Introduction

I'll start reposting threads from my Twitter account to LW with no/minimal editing.

Twitter Relevant Disclaimers

I've found that Twitter incentivises me to be

More:

• Snarky
• Brazen
• Aggressive
• Confident
• Exuberant

Less:

• Nuanced
• Modest

The overall net effect is that content written originally for Twitter has predictably low epistemic standards compared to content I'd write for LessWrong. However, trying to polish my Twitter content for LessWrong takes too much effort (my takeoff dynamics sequence [currently at 14 - 16 posts] started as an attempt to polish my takeoff dynamics thread for a LW post).

As I think it's better to write than to not write, I've decided to publish my low-quality-but-still-LessWrong-relevant Twitter content here with no/minimal editing. I hedge against the predictably low quality by publishing it as shortform/to my personal blog instead of to the front page.

Testing

I'll post the unedited/minimally edited threads as both blog posts (promotion to front page disabled) and shortform pieces. I'll let the reception to the posts in both venues decide which one I'll keep with going forward. I'll select positively for:

• Visibility
• Engagement

And negatively against:

• Hostility
• Annoyance