I had assumed, before posting on this article, that the upvotes for "email sent" were someone's way of saying, "I'm glad you're applying, SIAI could use you". So I voted up RobinZ (when he already had something like 5 or 6). Not that I'm a well-calibrated judge of what people SIAI wants...

I hope that's what they mean for me, but I have no idea -- anyone want to explain their vote?

RobinZ's sibling reply reminds us of a good point too: that it's good to criticize ideas, but if you only speak up for criticizing and never when you agree, the group gets a distorted picture of the quality of the ideas and options.