So instead of criticising your behavior I am criticising your criticism of another behaviour that is somewhat similar.

Oh okay.

I perceive a difference between the social consequences of replying ...

I see. I thought you were making some different comparison.

Yes. My use of 'doomsday' to describe that scenario is lax. Please imagine that I found a more precise term and expressed approximately the same point.

Okay. (:

Please note that the quote that mentions 'championing a cause' was explicitly about myself.

Okay, noted.

I was explaining why I do not choose to do as you request even though by my judgement I do, in fact, "get it".

I'm glad that you get it enough to see the potential benefit of spreading the word even though you choose not to because you anticipate unwanted social consequences instead.

Taking a stance and expressing concern about something that isn't a mainstream issue comes with a cost. Someone who is mainstream in all ways but one tends to be more influential when it comes to that one issue than someone who has eccentric beliefs in all areas.

Hahaha! Yeah, I can see that. Though this really depends on who your friends are or which friend group one chose to spread the idea to.

At this stage, it is probably best to spread the word only to those who Seth Godin calls "early adopters" (defined as: people who want to know everything about their subject of interest aka nerds).

This would be why I told LessWrong as opposed to some other group.