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83 Post author: Yvain 17 April 2009 02:07AM

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 17 April 2009 10:50:10AM 5 points [-]

Another problem: our interpretation of whether to upvote or downvote something depends on how many upvotes or downvotes it already has. Here on Less Wrong we call this an information cascade. In the mind, we call it an Affective Death Spiral.

Upvoted because of this bit. It's obvious in retrospect, but I hadn't made the connection between the two concepts previously.