Are you trying to trick me? Karmassassinating prominent LW users would have absolutely no effect. Karma's not a scarce resource.
Assassinations. Nothing to do with karma. The context was you threatening vandalism. You are capable of that. You are capable of an entire spectrum of applications of force against lesswrong and those associated. You don't need to persuade me (or anyone with half a clue) that you are capable of doing harm - it is taken for granted.
It is also unremarkable. I could use force against most people I meet, at great expense to myself. Many of them could do the same against me. A strategy of just doing what people say because they threaten to use costly force is a bad strategy in such circumstances.
My demand's simple, and I've claimed that I'm unlikely to make any similar demand in the future, given that I'm unlikely to make any similarly extreme post in the future.
That makes a big difference. As does the fact that your "threat" is somewhat similar behavior to what can usually be expected of folks in those circumstances regardless of any precommitment to use force.
I'm a contributor to this community with over 6,000 karma.
This kind of thing matters more prior to declaring your intent to get what you want through power and the threat of punishment.
It's not a "don't negotiate with terrorists" situation here.
No, the payoff matrix in that scenario is typically a bit different (incentive to take hostages, etc.)
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Don't worry, there won't be future posts like this, so you don't have to delete my LessWrong account, and anyway I could make another, and another.
But since you've dared to read this far:
Credibility. Should you maximize it, or minimize it? Have I made an error?
Discuss.
Don't be shallow, don't just consider the obvious points. Consider that I've thought about this for many, many hours, and that you don't have any privileged information. Whence our disagreement, if one exists?