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I think you'd get higher ratings for more substantive posts, things in the vein of the posts on quantum physics, zombies, pebblesorters, etc.
That should apply to everybody, not just Eliezer. I think you're comparing Eliezer's LW writings to his most substantive OB writings, but that's not a standard that is applied to anybody else. LW is intentionally more casual and more tolerant of shorter, less substantive posts.
The cited text was a general prediction.
My point was not very clear. I realize you made a general prediction. What I mean is that if you made the prediction as a way of explaining the discrepancy, then it doesn't explain it, because Eliezer's posts are no less substantive than other posts with higher ratings, and if more substantive posts raised the scores of his posts, it would raise the scores of other posts too, and the disparity would remain -- unless different standards are being applied to Eliezer than to others (such as other posts being rated relative to all LW posts as a whole, and Eliezer's posts being rated relative to his OB posts as a whole).