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3 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 09 February 2016 08:12PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 10 February 2016 07:05:32PM 0 points [-]

I never claimed...

As I said, "intentionally designed to mislead".

""Caleb does not currently have an LW account, but he wants to discuss the post on LW. Therefore, he got a new account."

LOL. You're tripping up on tenses. If Caleb "does not currently have" (present tense), he could not have "got" (past tense). He only could "be getting" (present continuous) or "will get" (future).

others posted stuff on behalf of people

I notice that the post in the thread your link leads to says "This post was collaboratively written together with..."

Sure you don't want to reconsider taking OrphanWilde's advice?

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 10 February 2016 08:54:17PM 0 points [-]

In saying "doesn't have enough karma," I was pointing to the obstacle to him posting. It's easy to get a LW account - takes one minute - but it's not easy to get karma sufficient to post. Anyway, I don't think this thread is helpful to continue anymore.

Comment author: Lumifer 10 February 2016 09:10:23PM 0 points [-]

It's easy to get a LW account - takes one minute - but it's not easy to get karma sufficient to post.

It is trivially easy. You put up a comment saying "I wish to make a post about this-and-that, but lack karma. I would appreciate gifts of karma so that I could post" and lo and behold! in a few hours at most you have sufficient karma to post.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 10 February 2016 09:19:30PM 0 points [-]

How much would a user have to know about LW to think to do that? Heck, even I didn't think of suggesting to Caleb to do that, as that notion didn't occur to me. You're failing at other minds.

Comment author: Elo 10 February 2016 10:54:07PM 0 points [-]

You're failing at other minds.

Comment author: Lumifer 11 February 2016 01:38:17AM 0 points [-]

How much would a user have to know about LW to think to do that?

I've seen it happen, and more than once, too. I think all you have to know is that you need a particular quantity of internet points and that people can give them to you for free. You just ask.

You're failing at other minds.

I will concede that my expectations of certain LW users might have been too high :-P