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philh comments on [META] Alternatives to rot13 and karma sinks - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: HonoreDB 17 April 2012 08:01PM

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Comment author: philh 18 April 2012 03:04:14AM 1 point [-]

I prefer rot13. I don't have an extension, but I can hilight it and type "xsr13" into a terminal window which I already have open and visible. Having to visit a new webpage has higher friction, and I can't see the spoiler and its context at the same time. It's also easier for me to generate, although I don't think I ever have.

I accept that most people are probably not in the same situation. It's only minor, because If this became common I'd just write a terminal app to decode it. (The bitwise-not version is better for that: for the password version I'd have to copy link location instead of just hilighting.)