I’m no expert on reading people, and have never met Conor or interacted with him much. But if you’d asked me in advance whether Conor would delete his entire posting history, upon deciding LW2 wasn’t for him, I would have said that seemed very unlikely.
And combined with other recent events which I’m not sure how public they are, I worry that something more is happening.
(I do have a minor good sign that the virtue of silence compels me not to reveal.)
But if you’d asked me in advance whether Conor would delete his entire posting history, upon deciding LW2 wasn’t for him, I would have said that seemed very unlikely.
Conor said, several times, that this was the strategy he would take if he decided that LW2 wasn’t for him. (I would link you to those comments, but...)
I would also have said that it seemed quite unlikely, but my perception is that he’s had ample opportunity to clarify and has not done so, which leaves me feeling that ‘gone Roko’ is the most likely conclusion available to me. (I have definitely seen confirmation that he is still around and communicating with others outside of this site, as of today, and is not radiating obvious distress in so doing.)
I will go ahead and confirm that the author has removed his LW posts. I haven’t had a chance to talk with them about it in detail yet and so don’t want to speculate further.
I’m no expert on reading people, and have never met Conor or interacted with him much. But if you’d asked me in advance whether Conor would delete his entire posting history, upon deciding LW2 wasn’t for him, I would have said that seemed very unlikely.
And combined with other recent events which I’m not sure how public they are, I worry that something more is happening.
(I do have a minor good sign that the virtue of silence compels me not to reveal.)
Conor said, several times, that this was the strategy he would take if he decided that LW2 wasn’t for him. (I would link you to those comments, but...)
Huh. Okay. Score one predictive failure.
I’m glad he’s presumably okay. Also, saddened to have lost him and his writings.
I would also have said that it seemed quite unlikely, but my perception is that he’s had ample opportunity to clarify and has not done so, which leaves me feeling that ‘gone Roko’ is the most likely conclusion available to me. (I have definitely seen confirmation that he is still around and communicating with others outside of this site, as of today, and is not radiating obvious distress in so doing.)
I will go ahead and confirm that the author has removed his LW posts. I haven’t had a chance to talk with them about it in detail yet and so don’t want to speculate further.