Hmm. Make sure you back up your comment, if you value it.
Regarding the suggestion that the mechanism doesn't work, you can see something similar with VHS vs Betamax. The VHS team could pitch: "don't buy Betamax - because if you do you will suffer the pain of throwing all your videos away when we ultimately win".
Personally, I figure that the VHS team can make pretty sure that people will think that for themselves anyway - thought censorship or no.
Some research says that lurkers make up over 90% of online groups. I suspect that Less Wrong has an even higher percentage of lurkers than other online communities.
Please post a comment in this thread saying "Hi." You can say more if you want, but just posting "Hi" is good for a guaranteed free point of karma.
Also see the introduction thread.