DuncanF comments on Dealing with trolling and the signal to noise ratio - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 31 August 2012 03:42:35PM *  15 points [-]

There should be a different discussion forum which is readable to all but can only be posted in by those with over, say 1000 karma.

Actually I'd find restrictions on who can or can't on vote on the comments to be a more interesting option. What would a forum look like if only those with over 1000 karma on LW could vote?

Comment author: DuncanF 04 November 2012 07:44:55AM 0 points [-]

Hmmm. My unease with this idea would be entirely resolved if the upvotes were cached until the user reached 1000 karma rather than merely prohibited/lost.

Consider EYs article on how we fail to co-operate; I'd like to be able to stand-up and say "yes, more of this please". I don't mind at all if the effect of that upvoting is delayed but if I reach 1000 karma I don't expect to find the energy to go back over all the old threads to up vote those I liked in the past - so in that world my expression of support will be forever missing.

That said, something really is necessary - on more recent posts the comments have had such a disheartening effect that I was beginning to decide that I should only read articles.

Comment author: [deleted] 04 November 2012 08:00:05AM 0 points [-]

The thing is your early up votes and down votes are probably different than your later ones.

Comment author: DuncanF 05 November 2012 12:55:02PM 0 points [-]

My expectation is that there would be a significant degree of similarity. This may be a testable hypothesis, but we'd have to be gathering the data.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 November 2012 09:14:50PM 1 point [-]