Jonathan_Graehl comments on How not to move the goalposts - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 14 June 2011 06:17:13PM 0 points [-]

Run-on sentence? :) Redundant with the "Vote Up" button?

Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 14 June 2011 09:33:22PM 0 points [-]

Redundant with the "Vote Up" button?

Verbal comments have a much greater psychological effect than anonymous upvotes. (Especially when there seem to be a bunch of downvotes, meaning that most of the upvotes effectively become invisible.)

Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 15 June 2011 06:42:20AM 0 points [-]

Verbal comments have a much greater psychological effect than anonymous upvotes

Of course. I guess they may impose a cost on some readers, though.