patrissimo comments on Rationality Power Tools - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vladimir_Golovin 19 September 2010 09:13:04AM *  8 points [-]

I had an idea for a web-based app for evaluating instrumental rationality techniques, something like Digg or UserVoice-based forum where techniques get upvoted, downvoted, merged, separated and discussed. However, I don't currently have a solution for the problem of 'impulse upvoting' ("hey, this technique sounds cool, let's upvote it!") -- I don't know how to make the upvotes reflect long-term usefulness of the techniques.

We must also be aware of the PredictionBook problem. It isn't integrated into LW, therefore it gets little traffic, and, as a result, is underused -- as of this writing, it's not even mentioned in this thread. Lesson to learn: if we want the power tool to work, it must be properly integrated into LW (same login, homepage / sidebar widget, LW moderation policy to redirect relevant discussions there etc.)

Comment author: patrissimo 29 September 2010 03:54:28PM 0 points [-]

What's wrong with the obvious solution of having the software downgrade or separately track instant upvotes, and quiz users at occasional later intervals on what techniques actually worked for them over time, and weight those results more highly. Or display separate short/medium/long term ratings so users can decide whether they want to read shiny things or work on long-term helpful things?