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chaosmage comments on European Community Weekend 2015 Impressions Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

19 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 14 June 2015 08:21PM

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Comment author: chaosmage 17 June 2015 12:27:16PM *  4 points [-]

Yes, we had "free hugs" and "no hugs" tags available. The "free hugs" ones were way more popular. I think having neither meant "normal social conventions apply, i.e. ask".

Yes it helps a lot. You listen much more closely to someone you feel to be your friend, and hugs are very good at creating that feeling.