thomblake comments on Rationality Quotes October 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 04 October 2012 10:24:27PM 2 points [-]

Yes. It's also slightly gray to post quotes from other prominent Lesswrongians.

When did this rule come about? As recently as six months ago it was considered normal to quote EY as long as it wasn't from LW.

Comment author: thomblake 05 October 2012 02:05:47PM 2 points [-]

I'm surprised by this. I never noticed this "considered normal".

When did this rule come about?

I'm pretty sure gray areas aren't rules. The actual non-gray rule is listed in the OP.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 05 October 2012 11:54:35PM 0 points [-]

I'm surprised by this. I never noticed this "considered normal".

Well, Yudkowsky was one of the top authors for 2011.