Things I'm tempted to block people for as I get ever further from the perfect number of followers (3000). A thread that I'm afraid will be ongoing:
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Block people who reply or QT with a comment like "hope you don't get cancelled for this!" or "this will piss off some people!" This is just bringing trouble down on the OP while pretending to be friendly and concerned.
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"Acknowledging" the Overton Window helps enforce the Overton Window. Loudly publicly helpfully warning somebody that their work is "cringe" is cringe enforcement.
Journalists reporting "gaffes" create gaffes. Very important post by @robbensinger. lesswrong.com/posts/Js34Ez9n
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Gentle reminder: we need to talk about how some of you haven't been blocked enough for claiming you can't believe you have to shout your unpopular opinion from the rooftops and it shows, but y'all ain't ready for that conversation. This isn't a good look.
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Block people who smugly nitpick some minor thing that has little bearing on the main argument you're making, especially if ten other people made the same nitpick in the replies before them. They're often not malicious, but still:
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Block low-context buzzkill interlocutors they mean well but they're sucking the joy out of your writing and get nothing out of it either
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The best solution I've come up with is to write for a small high-context audience, but even that doesn't protect you from low-context buzzkill interlocutors, unfortunately.
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Block anyone who replies "as a rationalist, it's disappointing that Jacob wasn't rational enough to get this right" or the equivalent, this is by far the most infuriating way to disagree with someone and I get it all the fucking time
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Replying to @yashkaf and @SilverVVulpes
Not a good take for a rationalist, on a population level your male population being mostly made up of killers helps.
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Block people who assume that if they don't get a joke it's because you meant something maximally evil. Why are you even following me if that's where you're at, bro?
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Replying to @yashkaf
I can’t see the irony or subversion here so I guess this is just ‘boo fat people’ content?
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