Cameron_Taylor comments on LessWrong Boo Vote (Stochastic Downvoting) - Less Wrong

3 Post author: Vladimir_Nesov 22 April 2009 01:18AM

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Comment author: smoofra 22 April 2009 03:32:46AM 1 point [-]

Why do we feel that a downvote is such a big deal? A downvote doesn't mean "we think your an idiot, go jump off a bridge or at least don't ever post here again". It means that this comment isn't up to our standards, and you should do better next time.

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Comment author: smoofra 28 April 2009 07:24:03AM 0 points [-]

hrm. yes. you're right. a score means "we" though.