PhilGoetz comments on Open Thread: March 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 26 March 2009 11:46:54AM 21 points [-]

So I've got to ask... do my posts not get voted up as much as the other regular posters' because an upvote doesn't seem to signal much, or because people actually don't like my posts that much? Vote up if the former explanation, down if the latter.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 27 March 2009 01:03:01AM *  5 points [-]

My impression is that your posts get voted up as much as anybody's. Just look at the Karma score list. Look at the "Recent Posts": 3, 4, 2, 22, 3, 5, 7, 18, 0, 25. You have the 22.

You might keep in mind the "Do I want my time back?" criterion that someone posted recently. Your posts are very long. Shorter posts will get more up-votes from people using that criterion.

Also, although I fear you will abuse this viewpoint, I think that everyone has their own "IQ window", and they will down-vote posts that are either below or above their window.