army1987 comments on The Irrationality Game - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 11 April 2012 01:22:41PM 2 points [-]

I'm supposed to downvote if I think the probability of that is >= 99.999% and upvote otherwise? I'm upvoting, but I still the probability of that is > 90%.

Comment author: Salivanth 13 April 2012 09:32:49AM 1 point [-]

Army1987: Not sure what the rules are for comments replying to the original, but hell. Voted down for agreement.

Comment author: wedrifid 13 April 2012 10:37:51AM 0 points [-]

(I think we just vote normally in these replies. I agree with army too.)

Comment author: thomblake 13 April 2012 03:02:29PM 1 point [-]

Why in the world would the parent be downvoted? I'm having difficulty unraveling the paradox.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 13 April 2012 03:35:53PM 1 point [-]

Well, someone might agree with wedrifid (that second-order comments are to be voted on normally) but still disapprove of his comment for reasons other than disagreement (for example, think it clarifies what would otherwise have been a valuable point of confusion), and downvote (normally) on that basis.

Comment author: Salivanth 13 April 2012 04:00:08PM 0 points [-]

Okay, given the confusion, I've retracted my downvote. I've also seen a comment get about 27 karma on this thread replying to another post, and that comment was certainly not massively irrational, so I assume we vote normally if it's not a first-order comment.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 13 April 2012 04:19:13PM 1 point [-]

I'm not actually sure why there was ever confusion. From the OP: "comment voting works normally for comment replies to other comments."