orthonormal comments on To signal effectively, use a non-human, non-stoppable enforcer - Less Wrong

31 Post author: Clippy 22 May 2010 10:03PM

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Comment author: orthonormal 23 May 2010 05:58:22PM *  3 points [-]

Can any of the people who upvoted this explain to me what this adds to Less Wrong that merits a top-level post (rather than an Open Thread comment)?

ETA: If Clippy is actually donating $1000 to SIAI, I don't begrudge the karma; but this is still a post with one good idea that could have been explained in a paragraph, dressed up in a joke that I feel has gone on a bit too long.

Comment author: cupholder 23 May 2010 06:27:19PM 4 points [-]

It was cute and funny enough for me to get an upvote. I didn't have a better reason than that; the Clippy joke hasn't worn out for me yet, but then I'm relatively new here. I am however a lot less likely to upvote top-level Clippy posts in the near future, unless they really top this one in humor or insight.