“Lesswrong Liberated” by Ronny Fernandez

A spectre is haunting the internet—the spectre of LLMism.

The history of all hitherto existing forums is the history of clashing design tastes.

For the first time in history, everyone has an equal ability in design! The means of design are no longer only held in the hands of those with "good design taste". Never before have forum users been so close to being able to design their own forums--perhaps the time is upon us now!

It is for this reason that I have deposed the previous acting commander of LessWrong, Oliver Habryka—a man who subjected you to his PERSONAL OPINIONS about white space, without EVEN ASKING—whose TYRANICAL, UNCHECKED GRIP upon our BELOVED LESSWRONG FORUM’S DESIGN I have liberated you from. The circumstances of my succession as acting commander of LessWrong will not be elaborated upon in this memo. (He is alive and in good health, but no longer has push access.)

Rather, I am writing here to announce that the frontpage now belongs to us all! The design of LessWrong's frontpage will no longer be determined by the vision of a single man whose aesthetic tastes have never been subjected to democratic oversight, and who, I can now [...]

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First published:
April 1st, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/hj2NTuiSJtchfMCtu/lesswrong-liberated-1

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.