Diaspora Map-Test
The LessWrong Diaspora is a set of loosely affiliated, often independent blogs and social networks which sprung up from the ruins of the community blog LessWrong. Diaspora ranges from the rigorously serious venues focused on existential risk or philosophy, to what are essentially cyber orgies of particularly high Openness people who have shared culture.
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Blogs
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| Blog Name | Author | Purpose/Focus | Example Post |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slate Star Scratchpad | Scott Alexander | Psychology Medicine Philosophy History Sociology Culture Wars Problems In Society Politics Whale Puns | “Today at the child hospital, I asked a kid if he knew what his diagnosis was...” |
| Ragged Jack Scarlet | Anonymous | Sociology Insight Porn Memes Psychology Culture Wars | Mythic Values/Folk Values |
| Academician Zex | Anonymous | Alcoholism Homosexuality Sexuality Memes Cute Animals Culture Wars Cartoons Video Games | The 80/20 rule and the addiction lobby |
| Wirehead Wannabe | Anonymous | Depression Suicide Youth Rights Politics Culture Wars | “I gotta admit...” |
Forums
| Forum Name | Forum Type | Topic Focus | Administrator(s) | Moderation Type | Updated |
| Name of the forum. eg. LessWrong | What ”kind” of forum it is. For example LessWrong might be described as “community blog”, Reddit as “link aggregator”. | What the forum is about. For example LessWrong might be described as “Attempts to explore ‘the art of human rationality’.” | Who is the head moderator or maintainer of the forum. For example LessWrong when it was founded would have been Eliezer Yudkowsky. | Loose, Medium, or Strict. Loose being none to very little, Strict being “goofing off gets you banned in 15 minutes”, and Medium being somewhere in between. | The date that the entry was last touched in YYYY-MM-DD format. eg. 2017-10-06. |
| LessWrong 2.0 | Community Blog | Attempting the creation of a 'rationality canon'. | Vaniver, Oliver Habryka | Medium | 2019-01-06 |
| Whistling Lobsters | Link Aggregator | "Whistling Lobsters aims to stand at the intersection of interesting, useful, and excellent." | Obormot | Strict | 2017-10-06 |
| /r/slatestarcodex | Subreddit | Slate Star Codex community and related topics | Bakkot, _Vulture_, coderman9, PM_ME_UR_OBSIDIAN, ScottAlexander, tailcalled, werttrew, utilsucks, cjet79 | Medium | 2017-10-07 |
| /r/rational | Subreddit | Rational and rationalist fiction | ParidexisErrant, alexanderwales, eaturbrainz | Loose | 2017-10-09 |
| /r/HPMOR | Subreddit | Analysis of "Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality" | jaiwithani, V2Blast, EliezerYudkowsky, bbrazil, noking, alexanderwales | Loose | 2017-10-09 |
| Effective Altruism Forum | Community Blog | This forum brings together people who want to change the world, to make plans and share announcements. | Larissa Hesketh-Rowe, Julia Wise | Medium | 2017-10-09 |
| Omnilibrium | Debate Forum | Rational Discussion of Controversial Topics | Unknown | Medium | 2017-10-09 |
| Cafe Chesscourt | BBS | A forum for the rationalist community | theojones | Medium | 2017-10-15 |
Chatrooms
| Topic Focus | Size | Administrator | Moderation Type | Updated | |
| What the chatroom is named. eg. #lesswrong would be… #lesswrong. | What topics the chatroom typically focuses on. eg. #lesswrong might be: Gwern Branwen, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology, AI, 'Rationalist' Community, Insight Porn | How many users (including lurkers) does the channel have? This is usually listed somewhere in the interface. | Who controls the chatroom? eg. #lesswrong might be: Gwern Branwen, or namespace depending on your political opinions. | Loose, Medium, or Strict. Loose being none to very little, Strict being “goofing off gets you banned in 15 minutes”, and Medium being somewhere in between. | The date that the entry was last touched in YYYY-MM-DD format. eg. 2017-10-06. |
| #lesswrong (Freenode) | Gwern Branwen, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology, AI, 'Rationalist' Community, Insight Porn | 277 | Gwern Branwen | Strict | 2017-10-06 |
| ##hplusroadmap (Freenode) | Cryptocurrency, Hardware, Biohacking, Transhumanism | 86 | kanzure | Strict | 2017-10-09 |
| #slatestarcodex (Freenode) | Scott Alexander, Culture Wars, Lifestyle | 83 | Drethelin | Strict | 2017-10-09 |
| #chapelperilous (Freenode) | Postrationality, Religion, Culture Wars, Neoreaction | 23 | lucidian | Loose | 2017-10-09 |
| lesswrongers slack | full scope, solving problems. | 500 registered, 40 active weekly | Elo | walled garden, low moderation needed. | 2017-10-07 |
| SSC Discord | Psychology, Scott Alexander, Sexuality, Culture Wars | ~300 | deluks917 | Strict | 2017-10-06 |
| LessWrong Discord | rationality, irrationality, shitposting, Less Wrong 2.0 support/development (not actively monitored by the LW 2.0 team) | 440 (low activity) | ex cinera | firm but gentle | 2017-10-19 |
| Russian LessWrong Slack | Futurism, Coworking, Russia, Don't Be Shy Most People Speak English! | 2000+ registered, ~150 WAU (~50 are posting), and ~80 DAU (~25 are posting) | berekuk | reign of terror | 2019-03-31 |
| Doissetep | Chatroom aggregator, participants own and moderate 'shards' with different norms. Topics span everything from X-Risk to cuddling. | ~300 | Admin: Gray; Moderators: amanda, Lilly, nightpool | Varies between rooms, Medium from server moderators | 2019-10-28 |
| exegesis | brain hacking, personal advice, mathematics, autistic special interests, community, sexuality | ~350 (almost inactive though) | celestia | loose unfortunately | 2019-06-03 |
| a compelling narrative | Above all, ACN is the the cool place to hang out. You can find most of the cool people here. In ACN, you can just chill and do whatever and totally relax. "Take it easy" is the ACN motto, for example, that's how laid back it is here. Show up if you want to have a good time. | 349 | ex cinera | Medium in most channel, loose in #hell | 2019-03-31 |
| Biggest Spotlight discord (Contact Hivewired#6054 on discord) | Splinter of Exegesis, full scope, mental health, non-binary genders | ~100 (inactive) | Hive | community | 2017-10-07 |
| EA Corner | Effective Altruism | 360 | apprenticebard, lintamande, Pedro, Taymon, Throne3d | Medium | 2019-04-02 |