Throwawayaccount_1 should also unmask his/her identity.
Wait, you’re giving away an opportunity for a fun calibration game. I believe with 40% prob. the author is Yvain. I would also say 10% Alicorn, 5% Eliezer (it doesn’t match his style, there aren’t enough italics), and 45% someone else.
I wish I had read the article before reading this comment. It was a fantastic piece, but I read it with Yvain’s halo effect the entire time, and missed the chance to calibrate the way the author intended when he/she decided to use a throwaway.
I would estimate a probability <3% that the author is Alicorn; we talk on AIM often enough that I think I would have noticed the familiarity of her style if she had written it.
Having read the article before reading this comment, I developed the distinct impression that I was reading another of Yvain’s posts partway through. I would estimate 45% confidence that the author is Yvain, and 50% confidence that the author is someone else whose writing style I am not familiar with, so not Alicorn or Eliezer.
Wait, you’re giving away an opportunity for a fun calibration game. I believe with 40% prob. the author is Yvain. I would also say 10% Alicorn, 5% Eliezer (it doesn’t match his style, there aren’t enough italics), and 45% someone else.
I wish I had read the article before reading this comment. It was a fantastic piece, but I read it with Yvain’s halo effect the entire time, and missed the chance to calibrate the way the author intended when he/she decided to use a throwaway.
Oh well. A great read is a great read.
I would estimate a probability <3% that the author is Alicorn; we talk on AIM often enough that I think I would have noticed the familiarity of her style if she had written it.
Having read the article before reading this comment, I developed the distinct impression that I was reading another of Yvain’s posts partway through. I would estimate 45% confidence that the author is Yvain, and 50% confidence that the author is someone else whose writing style I am not familiar with, so not Alicorn or Eliezer.