Max, it might be useful here to disclose your relationship with the same employer as Alex.
(I do agree with some parts of this post and think they are good, disagree with other parts that are weak arguments, but think LessWrong has an intense allergy against anything that could be misconstrued as astroturfing karma. I know you and think you’re a nice dude, so it’s to everyone’s benefit to flag this.)
Hey! We do both work at ControlAI. I didn’t know there was a strict norm about disclosing being colleagues with people when commenting on their posts (I’m fairly new to using LW): is that the case?
But just in case anyone is wondering, it’s not like I was told to comment positively on this. Alex mentioned he wrote it in a personal capacity on Slack and I just read it and thought it was good.
It’s helpful, I think, to do so; I don’t know if the mods have declared it an explicit norm, but I do know some folks who’ve had negative experiences when folks thought they were trying to pull a fast one.
(And just to reaffirm—don’t think Max was doing that, that’s why I wrote “misconstrued” above—just trying to help everyone keep their trigger fingers nice and relaxed here)
Max, it might be useful here to disclose your relationship with the same employer as Alex.
(I do agree with some parts of this post and think they are good, disagree with other parts that are weak arguments, but think LessWrong has an intense allergy against anything that could be misconstrued as astroturfing karma. I know you and think you’re a nice dude, so it’s to everyone’s benefit to flag this.)
Hey! We do both work at ControlAI. I didn’t know there was a strict norm about disclosing being colleagues with people when commenting on their posts (I’m fairly new to using LW): is that the case?
But just in case anyone is wondering, it’s not like I was told to comment positively on this. Alex mentioned he wrote it in a personal capacity on Slack and I just read it and thought it was good.
It’s helpful, I think, to do so; I don’t know if the mods have declared it an explicit norm, but I do know some folks who’ve had negative experiences when folks thought they were trying to pull a fast one.
(And just to reaffirm—don’t think Max was doing that, that’s why I wrote “misconstrued” above—just trying to help everyone keep their trigger fingers nice and relaxed here)