Zack_M_Davis comments on Debunking komponisto on Amanda Knox (long) - Less Wrong

-5 Post author: rolf_nelson 02 February 2010 04:40AM

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Comment author: SilasBarta 03 February 2010 02:47:45AM *  2 points [-]

I wasn't endorsing the general dislike of rolf_nelson, just saying why I understand the hostility now. And the issue is about more than just his top level post, but the broader exchange between him and komponisto.

(And why do you insist on the underscore?)

ETA: Come on, it's a joke, people. I criticized wedrifid for simply following my usage (plus making it the possessive form), even though I use that exact form all the time. I was jokingly making it look like it's wedrifid who insists on the practice of adding underscores. Get it? Ha ha? No? Okay then...

Comment author: Zack_M_Davis 03 February 2010 03:08:45AM *  4 points [-]

(And why do you insist on the underscore?)

Who are you and what have you done with Silas??

Comment author: SilasBarta 03 February 2010 03:12:51AM *  0 points [-]

LOL! :-)

ETA: I notice that many people have since picked up the practice of referring to other users with their exact username, and replacing spaces therein with underscores. I'm not going to say it was because of me ... but I had been doing that since way back into the OB days, when no one else was ...