MichaelBishop comments on Open Thread: April 2009 - Less Wrong

5 Post author: gjm 03 April 2009 01:57PM

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Comment author: MichaelBishop 03 April 2009 07:59:51PM 7 points [-]

Could we get polls, and an easy way to analyze the poll data? e.g. remove anonymous votes. Remove votes by people below a karma cutoff, etc.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 04 April 2009 06:13:57AM 2 points [-]

If you remove votes by people below a karma cutoff, then the people who have karma control access to karma. I don't really think it would be a problem here; but I have seen that same mechanism wreak havoc on a different electronic community.

Comment author: ciphergoth 04 April 2009 08:47:08AM 3 points [-]

Karma mechanisms are always under attack and need constant policing and tweaking. They are worth it, but that is their cost.

Comment author: billswift 04 April 2009 03:27:20PM 2 points [-]

I thought his suggestion was about being able to analyze poll data with various karma levels. That makes a lot of sense if you want to know what people with varying participation in LW think.