Jack comments on Issues, Bugs, and Requested Features - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 February 2009 04:45PM

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Comment author: Jack 19 January 2010 03:53:02AM 3 points [-]

The "karma" concept results in unpopular or somewhat uneducated comments being removed from discussion, which I do not consider desirable.

This isn't really true. Long conversations routinely spring from downvoted comments. Karma helps ensure high quality comments and helps me know when I'm on the right track and when I'm being stupid. It absolutely helps with discussion and I doubt the place would be the same without it.