Agreed. I've started vaporizing downvoted posts by V_V or posts that might be evading the threading principle. I don't have time to do this carefully, so might've caught some other comments by accident.
V_V, further comments by you may be deleted by any moderator at any time on any suspicion of bad behavior. If you don't like the thought of your painstakingly crafted comments randomly disappearing at future points when some moderator gets around to it, I strongly recommend finding somewhere else to hang out.
Considering that V_V's attempts at circumventing the toll were heavily downvoted, I think it would have been more effective to simply let the community demonstrate that such tactics are unacceptable. The negative karma accrued during this little spat far out weighs the toll, but then without a reserve of positive karma it was impossible - not merely expensive, but impossible - to defend his admittedly foolish position. Your actions give the impression that dissenting voices will be vaporized by moderators, which is hardly going to do wonders for our phygi...
CFAR is taking LW-style rationality into the world, this month, with a new kind of rationality camp: Rationality for Entrepreneurs. It is aimed at ambitious, relatively successful folk (regardless of whether they are familiar with LW), who like analytic thinking and care about making practical real-world projects work. Some will be paying for themselves; others will be covered by their companies.
If you'd like to learn rationality in a more practical context, consider applying. Also, if you were hoping to introduce rationality and related ideas to a friend/acquaintance who fits the bill, please talk to them about the workshop, both for their sake and to strengthen the rationality community.
The price will be out of reach for some: the workshop costs $3.9k. But there is a money-back guarantee. Some partial scholarships may be available. This fee buys participants:
CFAR is planning future camps which are more directly targeted at a Less Wrong audience (like our previous camps), so don’t worry if this camp doesn’t seem like the right fit for you (because of cost, interests, etc.). There will be others. But if you or someone you know does have an entrepreneurial bent[1], then we strongly recommend applying to this camp rather than waiting. Attendees will be surrounded by other ambitious, successful, practically-minded folks, learn from materials that have been tailored to entrepreneurial issues, and receive extensive follow-up to help apply what they’ve learned to their businesses and personal lives.
Our schedule is below.
(See also the thread about the camp on Hacker News.)
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE: NOVEMBER 16-18, 2012
Friday, November 16: Know the World
Saturday, November 17: Know Your Self
Sunday, November 18: The Big Picture
Note: Ordering shown is typical rather than actual. To allow each session to have only 6 participants, each session is held at multiple times during the day. (Session groups will be frequently remixed; everyone gets a chance to meet everyone else.)
Click here for the workshop overview
Click here to apply
[1] Many attending the camp will be entrepreneurs; but there will also be folks from finance, programmers, managers, and others who combine analytic thinking with an interest in ambitious, real-world projects.