What the fuck are you both talking about?
"What the fuck?" indeed! It isn't especially complicated. Read the context and if you still can't understand say nothing or ask nicely.
You need to lay off Will
What? I'm not attacking Will. Will was talking to Alicorn about banning and I was making gratuitous analysis of the practical implications of that sort of threat after already having declared a "No" to any moderator influence. Elsewhere in the thread I have been directly answering the questions Will asked, candidly, to the best of my ability . Will was pushing for more answering and speculation about his reasoning, not less.
I'm not the most stable individual myself, so I understand how it feels when going for "as crazy as possible" seems like a path to enlightenment at the moment, or a way to make others understand you, or something else that's desirable.
I'm sorry to hear that. For what it is worth I'm not either. But in this case your "understand how it feels" amounts to either confused mind projection or intrusive, patronizing other optimization.
No, the answer Will is trying to make us speculate about regarding "Why am I trying to appear as non-credible as possible?" is not "because I want to make others understand me" (p > 0.9). At times Will has even speculated that not being easy to understand is actually something he may be morally obliged to do (assuming I recall correctly).
Nevertheless, he's a valuable contributor with many fascinating comments, and even talking about banning him is utter nonsense. No goddamn way.
That's fine - assuming you are directing your comment to Alicorn and not myself (which doesn't seem likely).
Thank you for clarifying your position against banning Will.
It sure isn't how most of your comments read.
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?