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No, the rationale for deletion was not based on the possibility that his exact, FAI-based scenario could actually happen.
What was the grandparent?
Hm? Did my comment get deleted? I still see it.
I noticed you removed the content of the comment from the record on your user page. I would have preferred you not do this; those who are sufficiently curious and know about the trick of viewing the user page ought to have this option.
There was nothing particularly important or interesting in it, just a question I had been mildly curious about. I didn't think there was anything dangerous about it either, but, as I said elsewhere, I'm willing to take Eliezer's word for it if he thinks it is, so I blanked it. Let it go.
I know why you did it. My intention is to register disagreement with your decision. I claim it would have sufficed to simply let Eliezer delete the comment, without you yourself taking additional action to further delete it, as it were.
I could do without this condescending phrase, which unnecessarily (and unjustifiably) imputes agitation to me.
Sorry, you're right. I didn't mean to imply condescension or agitation toward you; it was written in a state of mild frustration, but definitely not at or about your post in particular.
Only if you disagree with correctness of moderator's decision.
Disagreement may be only partial. One could agree to the extent of thinking that viewing of the comment ought to be restricted to a more narrowly-filtered subset of readers.
Yes, this is a possible option, depending on the scope of moderator's decision. Banning comments from a discussion, even if they a backed up and publicly available elsewhere, is still an effective tool in shaping the conversation.
yep, this one is showing as deleted
Weird. I see:
How does Eliezer's delete option work exactly? It stays visible to the author? Now I'm curious.
Wow. Even the people being censored don't know it. That's kinda creepy!
How did you work out that it had been deleted? Just by logging out, looking and trying to remember where you had stuff posted?
I think it's a standard tool: trollish comments look like being ignored to the trolls. But I think it's impolite to delete comments made in good faith without notification and usable guidelines for cleaning up and reposting. (Hint hint.)
I only made one comment on the subject and I was rather confused that it was being ignored. I also knew I might have said too much about the Roko post and actually included a sentence saying that if I crossed the line I'd appreciate being told to edit it instead of having the entire thing deleted. So I just checked that one comment in particular. If other comments of mine have been deleted I wouldn't know about it, though this was the only comment in which I have discussed the Roko post.
I doubt that this is a deliberate feature.
Yes, I've been told that it was deleted but that I still see it since I'm logged in.
In that case I won't repeat what I said in it, partly because it'll just be deleted again but mainly because I actually do trust Eliezer's judgment on this. (I didn't realize that I was saying more than I was supposed to.) All I'll say about it is that it did not actually contain the question that Eliezer's reply suggests he thought it was asking, but it's really not important enough to belabor the point.
Reposting comments deleted by the authors or by moderators will be considered hostile behavior and interfering with the normal and intended behavior of the site and its software, and you will be asked to leave the Less Wrong site.
-- Eliezer Yudkowsky, Less Wrong Moderator.
This decree is ambiguous enough to be seen as threatening people not to repost their banned comments (made in good faith but including too much forbidden material by accident) even after removing all objectionable content. I think this should be clarified.
Consider that clarification made; no such threat is intended.
Does this only apply to comments? The reason that I ask by replying to this old comment is because I noticed that you can't delete posts. If you delete a post it is not listed anymore and the name of the author disappears but it is still available, can be linked to using the original link and can be found via the search function.
If you want to delete a post you first have to edit it to remove its content manually.