Augh! Could it be that we at Less Wrong are smart enough to avoid all the ordinary status games

Not even close. It takes a lot of intellectual effort to keep track of what is actually going on in the conversations, even if they are slightly less 'Wrong' here.

I upvoted Toby Ord even though I thought his comment was terrible because Toby Ord is a hotshot academic

Toby is a hot shot academic? Now that fits things together somewhat better.