Alicorn comments on How can people be actually converted? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 07 February 2012 10:28:30PM 5 points [-]

I am female, and I was introduced to Less Wrong through MoR, to which I was introduced by my SO. I then turned around and introduced him to LW.

Comment author: Alicorn 07 February 2012 10:37:22PM 3 points [-]

Your intro comment said you prefer to go without a gender. Why did this prompt you to change your mind? You could have just anonymously completed the survey.

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 08 February 2012 11:36:54PM 5 points [-]

I have mentioned my gender on a few other occasions, since I discovered that this community treats men and women the same way. I originally wanted to keep it secret because of how it would impact the way people saw my comments in gender-related discussions, but when I noticed it had no impact, and that a lot of LWers wanted to see more women posting, I went public for the statistics.