Pavitra comments on Common mistakes people make when thinking about decision theory - Less Wrong

40 Post author: cousin_it 27 March 2012 08:03PM

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Comment author: Pavitra 31 March 2012 03:25:03PM 0 points [-]

I didn't want to name any names in this post because my status on LW puts me in a kinda position of power.

Have you considered using a different pseudonym for each post, and never decloaking any of the names?

The social implications of such a practice would interact with the existence of the anti-kibitzer, I think; it would amount to forcing others to experience (some) antikibitz features even if they had chosen not to. On the other hand, if the anti-kibitzer didn't already exist, I probably would have advocated writer-side over reader-side implementation/enforcement of pseudonymity.

Comment author: cousin_it 05 April 2012 08:51:45AM 0 points [-]

I think people have more reasons to trust a post like this if they know it's coming from someone who got actual results. As for my more mathy posts, their style is probably so distinctive that using a pseudonym would be futile.