You might be underestimating P(X read that particular XKCD | I know X), as I am a physicist, and know a fair number of engineers and computer scientists and a few mathematicians;
you might be underestimating P(X continued to read enough of the site to stumble on my username | X was led to LW for the first time) -- I’ve commented a lot, including on many of the posts linked to on the about page and the welcome threads;
it’s not motivated doxxing (which I know is very very unlikely) that I’m worried about—comments which I would mind someone I know in meatspace reading comprise a sizeable minority of all my comments (not just for the consequences to myself—I’d dislike, as a terminal value, certain people to hear certain things I’ve said about certain topics, especially other people).
You might be underestimating P(X read that particular XKCD | I know X), as I am a physicist, and know a fair number of engineers and computer scientists and a few mathematicians;
you might be underestimating P(X continued to read enough of the site to stumble on my username | X was led to LW for the first time) -- I’ve commented a lot, including on many of the posts linked to on the about page and the welcome threads;
it’s not motivated doxxing (which I know is very very unlikely) that I’m worried about—comments which I would mind someone I know in meatspace reading comprise a sizeable minority of all my comments (not just for the consequences to myself—I’d dislike, as a terminal value, certain people to hear certain things I’ve said about certain topics, especially other people).