NancyLebovitz comments on How to deal with someone in a LessWrong meeting being creepy - Less Wrong

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 09 September 2012 03:00:28PM 9 points [-]

Hounding someone, even if there are no threats, can turn an online group into no fun for them.

I'm not convinced it's true that all female fury at male inappropriate attention is based in fear of physical harm. However, large amounts of inappropriate attention can be a huge attention and energy drain-- mental cpus are a limited resource.

Comment author: bogus 09 September 2012 03:15:40PM -2 points [-]

However, large amounts of inappropriate attention can be a huge attention and energy drain-- mental cpus are a limited resource.

Yes, that's why I tend to pull out the magic words: "Please put me on your do-not-call list". Works like a charm.