thomblake comments on Proposed New Features for Less Wrong - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 30 April 2010 05:27:25PM *  4 points [-]

That's a weird thing to post publicly - while there's no explicit guarantee of privacy here, it's very asymmetric and unexpected, so runs afoul of privacy best practices.

I would not be surprised, for example, if my wife and I end up upvoting a lot of the same things frequently, and don't see why we should be singled out for it.

ETA: wouldn't this cause particular problems for, say, the SIAI house?

Comment author: PhilGoetz 01 May 2010 03:03:59AM 0 points [-]

Good point about the SIAI house.

People should have the opportunity to explain the circumstances. It could be done by contacting people privately, but that would involve work for someone.