All of your advice seems designed for a longer post published outside LW. None of them seem appropriate for a ~1k word short published in the same place as and three days after both the last chapter of Inadequate Equilibria and “Hero Licensing,” both of which I mention in the text.
With the partial exception of the first, but I have been using “linkhyrule5” as an alias and “link” as a nickname for the better part of two decades now, and have not been led to believe that it was particularly hard to decypher. Illusion of transparency, yes, but also evidence to the contrary.
You could make this less unclear by doing these things
Explain that ‘link’ is you. Why use a common noun to name yourself, which doesn’t even match your userid if you are not trying to confuse people.
Provide a link, and preferably an explanation of what on earth you are talking about here: “compare and contrast Pat Modesto to Simplicio.”.
Avoid terms that exclud outsiders and beginners e.g. “EY”
Use the structure of the document to help rather than hinder the reader. What are the “three often conflated (and highly correlated) states of mind”?
Provide some structure and headings.
All of your advice seems designed for a longer post published outside LW. None of them seem appropriate for a ~1k word short published in the same place as and three days after both the last chapter of Inadequate Equilibria and “Hero Licensing,” both of which I mention in the text.
With the partial exception of the first, but I have been using “linkhyrule5” as an alias and “link” as a nickname for the better part of two decades now, and have not been led to believe that it was particularly hard to decypher. Illusion of transparency, yes, but also evidence to the contrary.