nyan_sandwich comments on A Protocol for Optimizing Affection - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 30 May 2012 10:55:35PM *  3 points [-]

Yay! I hope you like internet hugs!

Comment author: hamnox 30 May 2012 10:59:39PM 0 points [-]

I try to avoid using sarcasm on the internet without explicit [sarcasm][/sarcasm] tags, or at the very least italics.

Count me opted-in!

Comment author: [deleted] 30 May 2012 11:17:16PM 1 point [-]

Some people talk about how cool it would be to be able to punch people over standard tcp/ip. I think it would be cooler to be able to hug and hold hands.

We will have to make do with imagination. Internet hug!

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 01 June 2012 10:41:26AM 1 point [-]

The "hug" functionality could be implemented in LW, just like "poke" in Facebook.

(Later, someone could also write a "RationalFarm" plugin, where rationalists could cultivate various plants and domestic animals. Then we could further improve our relations by working on each other's farms.)

Comment author: hamnox 31 May 2012 07:37:31PM -1 points [-]

(sadly) It's not the same...