Matt_Simpson comments on Return of the Survey - Less Wrong

13 Post author: Yvain 03 May 2009 02:10AM

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Comment author: Matt_Simpson 03 May 2009 10:37:35PM *  4 points [-]

Anyone who takes this survey and doesn't post is probably trying to signal that they don't care about karma. Anyone who does post is probably a karmawhore. So if you don't take the survey, you are probably trying to signal that you don't care about karma and you don't care about signaling that you don't care about karma. It appears that no matter what you do on this survey, you are probably trying to signal to the community that you are valuable to the community.

And, yes, I took the survey.

Comment author: MichaelHoward 03 May 2009 11:23:18PM 4 points [-]

...and if she had led a good and proper life, this too was a proof, for witches dissemble and try to appear especially virtuous.....

Comment author: aluchko 06 May 2009 06:18:35AM 2 points [-]

Of course some people who post can effectively obscure the signal that they care about karma by trying to display an alternate valid reason they posted.

Comment author: AllanCrossman 03 May 2009 10:39:56PM 0 points [-]

But two of the signals you mention are invisible!

Comment author: Matt_Simpson 03 May 2009 10:43:13PM 1 point [-]

my signals aren't invisible to me... (What I tell myself three times is true, etc.)

But more to the point, anyone who didn't keep the data private could still be signaling. I think I misread the post and the instructions.