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I was just thinking: this site is the result of splitting off from overcomingbias.com earlier this year. With its new format and functionality, comments and posts get ratings. But all of Eliezer Yudkowsky's posts from before the split don't have ratings comparable to more recent posts, because that would require people to go back through the old posts mod them up.
Some people have done so, but not enough that their ratings accurately compare with more recent top-level posts.
I suggest that everyone take the time to go back to the Eliezer_Yudkowsky top-level posts from before ~February '09, and vote up the ones you remember as being particularly good. If you wish, also mention what you voted on in this thread and why.
In order to avoid nudging anyone toward my picks, I'll wait a while and then say them.
If you need some help jogging your memory, here are some threads where people discussed highlights from when LW was overcomingbias.com: one, two, three.
I'm not sure there's a point to modding up old posts. While threaded comments on old posts might benefit from moderation to help drive-by viewers, I don't see how ratings on old posts are beneficial to anyone (aside from trying to overflow EY's karma).
Well, just to give an example, if someone comes in and sees Engines of Cognition, regarded by many here as one of the best posts, they may be misled by its rating of 3, compared to EY's typical 30+ rating for newer posts which, while good, are not the classic must-read that Engines of Cognition is.
(I don't see much reason to worry about EY's karma going up; he's past "karma escape velocity" :-P )
Though I guess there are easier solutions, like picking the ten most popular posts as per the threads I linked, and give them each 30 points but not add them to EY's karma. Or, put an explanation about the site's history on anything here before Feb. 09.