Once upon a time, there were posts where people would comment with quotes. The last one was a while ago, and they'd been getting less and less traffic.

I have a theory that there's a quote overhang. Firstly, I think LessWrong has recovered a lot since the 2015~2017 decline, and so there might just be more users around. Second, it's been half a decade and so many new quotable lines may have been written. I have a another theory that the way LessWrong 2.0 splits Frontpage and Personal is rougher on a quotes thread than 1.0's Main and Discussion. The best thing to do with a theory is to test it.

The rules are as follows:

• Please post all quotes separately, so that they can be upvoted or downvoted separately. (If they are strongly related, reply to your own comments. If strongly ordered, then go ahead [...]

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