Yeah, but it’s not fair to start with “given that I read a post and it was on a personal blog...” if the odds of you reading said post in the first place is higher when posted on LW rather than someone’s personal blog that you may not be aware of or check regularly.
Perhaps they want status among the rationalist community?
If I read a blog post on a personal blog it’s more likely that a month later I remember who wrote the blog post than when I read it on LW.
Yeah, but it’s not fair to start with “given that I read a post and it was on a personal blog...” if the odds of you reading said post in the first place is higher when posted on LW rather than someone’s personal blog that you may not be aware of or check regularly.