steven0461 comments on How can we get more and better LW contrarians? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 18 April 2012 11:07:20PM 0 points [-]

"Reward"/"Punish"?

Please, no. As far as I'm concerned, an upvote or downvote, by me or on my posts, is not a reward or a punishment. Not even slightly.

"I like your comment, so I more like thissed it" doesn't roll off the tongue.

So much the better. I am not interested in who has upvoted or downvoted me, and I never mention my own votes.

Comment author: steven0461 18 April 2012 11:09:49PM * 2 points [-]

I agree that reward/punish doesn't quite capture the intended meaning. The other suggestions I edited in also have that problem.

Even if we're not mentioning votes, there are various other reasons why we might want to talk about the process of voting.

I kind of like "I like your comment, so I morepleased it".