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Oliver Habryka truly understands the soul of SneerClub (www.lesswrong.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by dgerard@awful.systems to c/sneerclub@awful.systems
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this is Habryka talking about how his moderating skills are so powerful it takes lesswrong three fucking years to block a poster who's actively being a drain on the site

here's his reaction to sneerclub (specifically me - thanks Oliver!) calling LessOnline "wordy racist fest":

A culture of loose status-focused social connection. Fellow sneerers are not trying to build anything together. They are not relying on each other for trade, coordination or anything else. They don't need to develop protocols of communication that produce functional outcomes, they just need to have fun sneering together.

He gets us! He really gets us!

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[-] gerikson@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

yeah sorry I had the username ("friendlysock") in a first draft then forgot to add it

good riddance to bad rubbish

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

....why does that username ring bells in my brain

did it show up here somewhat recently? (I ask right before checking search)

(e: nothing immediately in search but I could swear I've seen that name somewhere in the last few months (and not in a good context))

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

smarmy not as cryptic as he thought right-winger on lobsters who didn't quite hide his power level

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 1 week ago

shit you're right, I should search offsite (active) chats too

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 1 week ago

(like, largely it just bugs me where I know the name from (because being baseline horrendous at recalling names and then recognising this one is uhhhh))

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