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TheOtherDave comments on Open Thread, October 27 - 31, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 30 October 2013 07:38:26PM 1 point [-]

In my social circle, explicitly tagging posts as "I'm not looking for advice" seems to work pretty well at discouraging advice. I don't do it often myself though.

And you're right, of course, that it is among other things an assertion of status, though of course it's also a useful piece of explicit information.