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Lumifer comments on A few misconceptions surrounding Roko's basilisk - Less Wrong Discussion

39 Post author: RobbBB 05 October 2015 09:23PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 08 October 2015 02:45:07PM -1 points [-]

I think you would be surprised at how effective shadow bans are

Is there a way to demonstrate that? :-)

Comment author: philh 09 October 2015 01:00:57PM 0 points [-]

There's this reddit user who didn't realize ve was shadowbanned for three years: https://www.reddit.com/comments/351buo/tifu_by_posting_for_three_years_and_just_now/

Comment author: Lumifer 09 October 2015 02:37:05PM 2 points [-]

Yeah, and there are women who don't realize they're pregnant until they start giving birth.

The tails are long and they don't tell you much about what's happening in the middle.