Swimmer963 comments on The 5-Second Level - Less Wrong

111 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 May 2011 04:51AM

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Comment author: mendel 08 May 2011 08:52:39PM 3 points [-]

The problem with the downvote is that it mixes the messages "I don't agree" with "I don't think others should see this". There is no way to say "I don't agree, but that post was worth thinking about", is there? Short of posting a comment of your own, that is.

Comment author: Swimmer963 08 May 2011 08:54:33PM 3 points [-]

Short of posting a comment of your own, that is.

That's exactly what I do. I try to downvote comments based on how they're written (if they're rude or don't make sense, I downvote them) instead of what they're written about. (Though I may upvote comments based on agreeing with the content.)

Comment author: wedrifid 08 May 2011 11:31:12PM 0 points [-]

That's exactly what I do. I try to downvote comments based on how they're written (if they're rude or don't make sense, I downvote them) instead of what they're written about. (Though I may upvote comments based on agreeing with the content.)

That's exactly what I do too. (Although my downvote threshold is likely a tad more sensitive. :P)

Comment author: Swimmer963 09 May 2011 12:26:05AM 0 points [-]

(Although my downvote threshold is likely a tad more sensitive.

Likely. Mine will probably become more sensitive with time.