whpearson comments on Karma Changes - Less Wrong

2 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 December 2009 12:17AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 December 2009 03:23:15AM 11 points [-]

Well... sorry to put it this way, but when you said that, I checked to see if you'd posted anything, and you hadn't. There's a rule I have which often offends people, and yet it seems like a very important rule, which is when someone tells you that change X will prevent people from doing Y, and they aren't doing Y, you probably want to check with people who are currently doing Y about that.

Comment author: whpearson 22 December 2009 11:41:23PM 3 points [-]

Well I won't be posting anything more experimental. I can't for a long time. Unless I spend inordinate amounts of time commenting and karma farming.

Comment author: wedrifid 23 December 2009 03:43:57AM 1 point [-]

Post a half dozen posts that aren't particularly experimental. Then branch out. This tends to be a practical social approach even without a formalized karma system.