whpearson comments on Open Thread: April 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: whpearson 03 April 2009 08:41:32PM 2 points [-]

Anyone care to comment on why they voted down on my post? At least 6 people did, and none of them left a comment.

Not all down votes need a comment why. But it would be useful for me and probably others in a similar situation when trying to figure out why people thought it was bad,

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 April 2009 09:31:17PM 1 point [-]

I voted up, so couldn't say.

Comment author: thomblake 03 April 2009 10:19:26PM 1 point [-]

I agree with the below. It seemed poorly-written and uninteresting. I feel like it's not worth anyone's time to read it. The "I want my time back" interpretation.

Comment author: Alicorn 04 April 2009 02:27:01AM 1 point [-]

This was my reason too. In addition to the lack of clarity about why the topic should be interesting, it had numerous style errors.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 03 April 2009 09:36:10PM 1 point [-]

I couldn't see your point. Your questions seem to be either too vague, or solved. The perception could be reversed with better editing.

Comment author: ciphergoth 03 April 2009 09:08:44PM 1 point [-]

If you promise you won't be mad :-)

I guess I read it thinking "where's the thing I haven't already thought about?".