It was not my intent to create a competition, simply a way for an individual to defer to the judgment of the community, and signal same. On reflection, I see how it could come off that way, and have deleted that aspect—thank you for the suggestion.
Within a single community, your reasoning makes sense. But unbeknownst to you, I had longer-range plans for coordinating with other, pre-existing communities on a different basis than “We want to steal all your rationalists for OUR cause!”
It was not my intent to create a competition, simply a way for an individual to defer to the judgment of the community, and signal same. On reflection, I see how it could come off that way, and have deleted that aspect—thank you for the suggestion.
Within a single community, your reasoning makes sense. But unbeknownst to you, I had longer-range plans for coordinating with other, pre-existing communities on a different basis than “We want to steal all your rationalists for OUR cause!”
Cool, I’ll look forward to seeing that =)