“In that post, it seemed like you were thinking of ‘keep identities secret’ as a rare thing some people might want to do’, and I think the framing of this post suggests something more like ’keeping identities secret is in fact a sensible default, and whether our culture nudges you towards or away from it is a pretty high level decision, and if you’re worried about LW as a whole being safe from political machines, it probably makes sense to default harder to anonymity.”
The update I was suggesting was something like:
“In that post, it seemed like you were thinking of ‘keep identities secret’ as a rare thing some people might want to do’, and I think the framing of this post suggests something more like ’keeping identities secret is in fact a sensible default, and whether our culture nudges you towards or away from it is a pretty high level decision, and if you’re worried about LW as a whole being safe from political machines, it probably makes sense to default harder to anonymity.”