Crocker's Rules
Signalling: 'Please be harsh with me—I'll value it tremendously.'
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Communication
Rationality
The idea is that when having a conversation with them, and you think you could convey information in a faster way but at the expense of social etiquette or whatever, you can just do so, because that’s what they asked you to do.
Isn’t that amazing?
At the LessWrong Community Weekend 2025, I learned of a cool thing: People declare that they operate by Crocker’s Rules. This means that they have conceded the right to be offended by you (for being … <insert anything here>)