MBlume comments on Applied Optimal Philanthropy: How to Donate $100 to SIAI for Free - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MBlume 04 January 2011 06:08:11PM 0 points [-]

SSNs are considered by humans to be highly private. Asking a human to give you theirs is generally considered bad form. This is why you are being downvoted.

Comment author: wedrifid 04 January 2011 06:27:53PM 1 point [-]

SSNs are considered by humans to be highly private. Asking a human to give you theirs is generally considered bad form.

If you put it like that it makes it seem like you are translating between two different species. And in this particular case most humans match Clippy's experience more closely than yours.

Comment author: Clippy 04 January 2011 06:31:38PM *  -1 points [-]

As of this moment, I'm not being downvoted, non-ape.

EDIT: Except for this comment.