AdeleneDawner comments on Open Thread, September, 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 17 September 2010 10:40:03PM 4 points [-]

That's true.

It's also true that you make silly or irrelevant comments fairly often, which is not in and of itself problematic, but those comments tend to get upvoted significantly, which is, at least in my opinion, an indication that how we're collectively choosing what to upvote is non-optimal - especially if it's how you or anyone else is getting most of their karma.

For reference, here are links to the most recent 10 comments of yours that received at least 5 net points:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Comment author: Larks 18 September 2010 02:16:15AM 3 points [-]

We seem to upvote based on emotional reaction rather than rational merit.