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Desrtopa comments on Farewell Aaron Swartz (1986-2013) - Less Wrong Discussion

75 Post author: Kawoomba 12 January 2013 10:09AM

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Comment author: Desrtopa 16 January 2013 04:55:44AM 3 points [-]

I would argue otherwise. I personally signed the petition as a result of finding out about it on this page, as well as the similar petition for Steve Heymann, and if I'm ever in a position as a voter to influence the careers of other members of the list, their part in the proceedings would certainly be of interest to me.

Comment author: [deleted] 16 January 2013 05:16:19AM *  0 points [-]

The petitions were not linked in the original comment. I am not, in this thread, discussing the petitions. That is why I did not reply to the comments that link to the petition. I want to know the rationale behind promulgating (as it were) the aforementioned list.

Comment author: Desrtopa 16 January 2013 05:23:57AM *  2 points [-]

Well, even if it's only very slightly effective in incurring a social cost on the involved parties via informing people whose political careers to keep an eye on, it's certainly unlikely to be less effective than not posting such a list, all else being equal.