Comment by orthoxerox

I agree, but I think I know why I personally have this opinion. I don't like reading hypermedia, and Gwern is all about hypermedia.

Hypermedia is fine when you're reading reference material, like Wikipedia. We've all done https://xkcd.com/214/, but at some point you just learn to tune out the hyperlinks.

When reading an article written by a single human, I want it to have a well-defined linear structure. I don't even like footnotes or pull-out quotes. Gwern likes to put a "blind" hyperlink or two in literally every sentence. Here's what an "orthoxerox-optimized Gwern article" would look like:

- blind links to literal Wikipedia: gone, I can search for more information myself - blind links to external websites: please just pull the relevant information into the body of the article or, if that's impossible, spend a sentence on why you want me to click it - blind links to other pages on the website: again, if it's some relevant information, please just pull it into the body of the article; if it's self-promotion, I can live with links like these if they are the only blind ones left, but the "Similar links" box under the article is already there