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Well, hiding things like this or stopping doing them is possibly even worse as far as image is concerned.
There's also the issue of demonstrating rationality. If they claim to that being rational will change your life and make you happier, but seem to live exactly like everyone else, then their claims hold less force than if being more rational makes you do seemingly weird things. There's arguments to be made that making an effort to tone down the weirdness is counter to the goal of promoting radically different means of thought than most people are used to.
I'm pro-poly, pro-cuddlepiles, and pro-cohabiting, I just think it's silly to do all these things and then act shocked when someone else points out that they are weird.
Also we don't want to forget the people this will attract. Being obviously happy works pretty well for Mormons, it might work well for Lesswrong. I dunno the value of the tradeoffs there but it's probably non-negligible, especially if you're interested in getting your group to skew younger.