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I must admit, I think I do find myself going into Vulcan mode when posting on LW. I find myself censoring very simple social cues -- expressions of gratitude, agreement, emotion -- because I imagine them being taken for noise. I think I'm going to make an effort to snap myself out of this.
Same here. It's very natural for me to thank people when they say or do something awesome, to encourage promising newbies, and to express my agreement when I do agree, but I got the impression that such things are generally frowned upon here, so I found myself suppressing them.
Actually, I didn't mind that much -- the power of ideas discussed here way outweighs these social inconveniences, and I can easily live with that. But personally, I would prefer to be able to express my agreement and gratitude without spending too much calories on worrying about my tribal status.
(Of course we'll need to keep the signal/noise ratio in check, but I'll post my ideas on that in a separate comment).