(apparently putting Habryka’s own word against Alexander’s on the question of Alexander’s opinions about Achmiz?)
Hm.
I think this makes sense. habryka has a strong incentive to care about why and when influential people reduce their usage of the site; his social status and employment status are tied very heavily to the site. It seems much more likely that the ACT author said something to habryka and then forgot about it (given habryka is significantly more incentivized to remember a comment about the site than the ACT author) than habryka fabricating evidence.
I say this as someone who does not really mind Achmiz and is not particularly fond of any of the moderators of this site (I think many of the post-LW2 changes have been really bad and have unreasonably-weighted the wrong sort): I think you are working backwards from the outcome you want and allowing your reasoning to get sloppy to support it, while posting in sufficient volume to give the illusion of rigor when in reality you’re just out-bandwidthing. I am generally fond of your participation on the site, because I am a fan of people having fun on chat forums, and “never stop posting” is a mantra I believe in, but I think this is a trend for you and your patterns of thought at large in a way that seems genuinely distressing to you.
I mean this in the nicest way, as someone who thinks you may share part of the most-unfortunate piece of their mental scaffolding: Have you ever been screened for obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Hm.
I think this makes sense. habryka has a strong incentive to care about why and when influential people reduce their usage of the site; his social status and employment status are tied very heavily to the site. It seems much more likely that the ACT author said something to habryka and then forgot about it (given habryka is significantly more incentivized to remember a comment about the site than the ACT author) than habryka fabricating evidence.
I say this as someone who does not really mind Achmiz and is not particularly fond of any of the moderators of this site (I think many of the post-LW2 changes have been really bad and have unreasonably-weighted the wrong sort): I think you are working backwards from the outcome you want and allowing your reasoning to get sloppy to support it, while posting in sufficient volume to give the illusion of rigor when in reality you’re just out-bandwidthing. I am generally fond of your participation on the site, because I am a fan of people having fun on chat forums, and “never stop posting” is a mantra I believe in, but I think this is a trend for you and your patterns of thought at large in a way that seems genuinely distressing to you.
I mean this in the nicest way, as someone who thinks you may share part of the most-unfortunate piece of their mental scaffolding: Have you ever been screened for obsessive-compulsive disorder?