Will_Newsome comments on Rationality tip: Predict your comment karma - Less Wrong

10 Post author: Will_Newsome 14 September 2011 05:07AM

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 14 September 2011 11:30:31PM *  1 point [-]

(by the way, are you sure about that?)

Yes. (It would be a weird hypothesis for me to come up with with little evidence and then assert confidently.)

I wasn't claiming I can't lose more reputation.

Comment author: shminux 14 September 2011 11:59:01PM 0 points [-]

How did you manage to test it?

Comment author: Will_Newsome 15 September 2011 12:03:34AM 2 points [-]

Refreshed the page every 5 seconds. If all my comments get downvoted at once that is strong evidence that they weren't actually read, especially if it happens more than once.

There's also a precedent, I dunno if you saw my discussion post about karmassassination.