Dagon comments on Why appearance matters or “to behave as if” - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Dagon 01 September 2014 07:19:38AM 8 points [-]

There's a rebellion effect as well. I tend to overcorrect for noticeable manipulation attempts, and this means that I react in the opposite was as the author intends.

Accusing me of wanting to skip the article due to shallowness very nearly made me skip the article.

Comment author: TheMajor 01 September 2014 02:04:55PM 4 points [-]

I skipped the article for exactly this reason (although now that I have spare time I might read it).