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Is there some general bugs/suggestions box? I've occasionally noticed things that were not a big enough deal to warrant making a post or something of the sort, but were also probably not intentional.

Example: when I search some words/phrases, such as "markdown", using the top search bar, the results are sometimes formatted strangely, where the title of the post and the keyword highlighting run over the top of the comment icon and number on the right. (I'm not seeing a way to insert a screenshot into a comment, but hopefully I've described it well enough to identify.)

4Raemon6y
You should see an intercom widget in the bottom right corner, and you can also create issues in our github repo: https://github.com/Discordius/Lesswrong2 Either of those work fine.

Which users you talk to is going to be such a biased sample though. I would expect lurkers both to be more likely to use lesserwrong and to be a majority of overall users.

I don't have strong intuitions about whether this applies to commenting though - it's plausible it doesn't.

Note: the link for "Conform! Every time you walk outside the norm" doesn't seem to be working.

When I attempt the focusing check, it immediately brings to mind the things in my life that are most good, or that make me feel most accomplished. Is the idea to iterate until you've pared it down to things you don't enjoy and don't feel satisfied with? Step 5 seems vaguely to imply the opposite.

As for felt senses, I've had the thought before that right after or right before talking to certain people, I feel like someone broke into my veins and replaced my blood with powdered sugar and helium. Uh, in a metaphorical-poetry way, not in a sciencey-agonizing way.

5ChristianKl6y
For most people the sentences “Everything in my life is fine” or “I’m on track with all of my goals” don't feel completely true on a system I level and counterexamples come up. If that isn't the case for you and you actually believe both are completely true, then that's great. You might ask more specific questions.
3alkjash6y
Fixed! A bunch of formatting was broken by crossposting as well. The idea of the focusing check is to bring to mind the things in your life that contradict the statement - it sounds like you're doing the opposite. The end goal is to come up with a list of the few central things you're not satisfied with in your life.