Byron comments on Attention Lurkers: Please say hi - Less Wrong

35 Post author: Kevin 16 April 2010 08:46PM

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Comment author: Byron 17 April 2010 10:02:29AM 9 points [-]

Hi!

I’ve been reading LW for about a year. Most of the rationalizations that came to mind for why I haven’t yet made the transition from lurker to poster boil down to social indifference or low conscientiousness.

Reading this topic made me think about why I hadn’t posted, and the more I thought about it, the more I realised that I hadn’t thought about why I hadn’t posted. Looking more deliberately at potential foregone losses in utility to myself (and maybe the community) from my non-involvement, it seems like I should force myself to at least see if I don‘t get downvoted.