Pavitra comments on Rationalist horoscopes: A low-hanging utility generator. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MinibearRex 23 May 2011 12:05:57AM 2 points [-]

If a horoscope's score becomes negative, it is removed from the pool of active horoscopes; otherwise, its chance of being chosen is based on the average value of the votes it has received compared to the other horoscopes, disregarding recently-used ones.

Wouldn't this system doom a horoscope if the first person to ever get it didn't see anything valuable in it, even if other people would have found it more beneficial?

Comment author: Pavitra 25 May 2011 09:21:57PM 1 point [-]

Maybe horoscopes should start at more than zero points when first created, or should never be removed if they have fewer than a certain quorum of votes.