2023 Unofficial LessWrong Census/Survey

This was a fun survey!

I took the survey, and enjoyed it. There was a suggestion to also fill out the Rationalist Organizer Census, 2023. I can't remember if I have already filled it out, or I'm mixing it together with the 2022 Census. Is it new?

I completed the full survey.

I didn't fill it out yet, but I just want to say that I appreciate all of the survey being on one page rather than requiring you to fill out all the answers on the first page and then click "next page" to see more questions. That would have been particularly annoying given the "do you want your answers to be made private" question - I want to see what I'm asked before I can tell whether I want to keep my answers private! Kudos.

I, too, have completed the survey :)

Thanks, it was fun to fill out!

This was my first time taking this, looking forward to the results!

I enjoyed filling this out!

The question here is the opposite of its title:

Unknown features Which of the following features of the LessWrong website did you know how to use before you read this question?

That could result in some respondents answering in reverse if they skim.

Do we still have the ancient tradition [LW(p) · GW(p)] of upvoting survey completion?

Completed the survey. I liked the additional questions you added, and the overall work put into this. Thanks!

Good survey! Thank you for making and running it!

Finished the survey! I really liked it, some unexpected questions in there. I am excited for the results.

I have taken the survey. Or at least the parts I can remember with my aging brain.

This is the first LW census I've taken!

Completed!

Done.

Done! There aren't enough mysterious old wizards.

i filled out 80% of the survey

I completed the survey! 

I'd still like to ask those [LW(p) · GW(p)] questions (or a similar set of questions) somewhere. If someone has an idea where and how that could make sense, feel free to answer that as a comment to mine.

Success :-)

Survey complete! I enjoyed the new questions, this should bring about some pretty graphs. Thank you for coordinating this.

Done.

(_) I've made my own post, but never gotten a front page tag

(_) At least one post I made got a front page tag

Is there a quick way to figure this out? When I click on my name, it shows a list of the posts I made, but I need to click on them individually to figure out whether they were at the front page (there is a tag "Frontpage" below the title) or not. Could be difficult for people who made many non-frontpage posts, and don't remember if there was any that made it to the front page.

I filled in the survey! It was a fun way to relax this morning

The heading of this question is misleading, but I assume I should answer the question and ignore the heading

P(Global catastrophic risk) What is the probability that the human race will make it to 2100 without any catastrophe that wipes out more than 90% of humanity?

The "… I accidentally clicked a radio button and can't un-answer this question" option is funny: it's a good solution to a common problem, but one that doesn't actually exist in this case. 

I took the survey and mostly enjoyed it. There are some questions that I skipped because my answer would be too specific and I wanted to keep the ability to speak about them without breaking anonymity.

I also skipped some questions because I wasn't sure how to interpret certain words.

Completed the survey, skipping only a few questions.

Typo thread

Long survey is long.

Done, though I skipped some questions

Given that some users in some countries or regions(for me it is Chinese Mainland) have no access to any website related to Google because of firewalls or stuffs, I don't think this survey can completely succeed in reflecting the whole user image of Lesswrong. Sorry for not completing the survey:(

Completed my first LessWrong survey! I liked the several questions that tried to sort out all the lizardmen.

I have completed the survey! Whohoo!

I enjoyed filling it out!

After hitting Submit I remembered that I did have one thought to share about the survey: There were questions about whether I have attended meetups. It would have been nice to also have questions about whether I was looking for / wanted more meetup opportunities.

I took the survey! Fun!

Did this appear pinned to the LW frontpage when it was first posted and I missed it? I completed it today because it showed up today, but apparently it's been available for a month?

If anyone had any issues with the political questions at the end, then please poke me about them here so I can take it into account for further development of this ideology test.

I completed the survey.

I am not a Bayesian, so I have philosophical objections to giving probabilities to things that are not a distribution you can sample from.

The survey just assumes that everyone is a Bayesian.

I had the same problem with last year's survey, but I don't remember whether I asked and if I asked then what was the answer: Does 'supernatural entity' includes a being outside the simulation? and similarly Does 'magic' includes events that cant be explained by the physical laws of the simulation (but can be explained by the laws of the simulator's world). I can see arguments for either.

Also, some questions ask about lesswrong accounts, but assumes one only has one.

Mark whether to make your responses private; ie exclude them when this data is made public. Keep in mind that although it should in theory be difficult to identify you from your survey results, it may be possible if you have an unusual answer to certain questions, for example your Less Wrong karma. Please also be aware that even if this box is checked, the person collecting the surveys (Screwtape) will be able to see your results (but will keep them confidential)

This sounds like there should be a checkbox here, but I see two "spherical" response options instead.

Completed the survey. 
The question here is the opposite of its title:

P(Global catastrophic risk)

What is the probability that the human race will make it to 2100 without any catastrophe that wipes out more than 90% of humanity?

It's asking for P(no global catastrophic risk) so easy to answer the inverse if skimming.

The LessWrong Review [? · GW] runs every year to select the posts that have most stood the test of time. This post is not yet eligible for review, but will be at the end of 2024. The top fifty or so posts are featured prominently on the site throughout the year.

Hopefully, the review is better than karma at judging enduring value. If we have accurate prediction markets on the review results, maybe we can have better incentives on LessWrong today. Will this post make the top fifty?

Most of the probabilities are epsilon, and/or 100%-epsilon, and/or larger/smaller epsilons (for "unsure in known psychology" and "unsure in known logic" probability difference).

Maybe will do next year, because I have a lot to change.