SoullessAutomaton comments on Essay-Question Poll: Voting - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 15 May 2009 02:14:21PM *  2 points [-]
  1. Maybe 10% of each. Possibly less for comments.
  2. Neither (cf. trivial inconveniences). I'd use an anonymizer if it was part of the site instead of an extension.
  3. None. If I'm going to vote at all, I should be seeing everything.
  4. In all cases I conciously try not to vote based on author or agreement, and rely mostly on content and style. In comments, I also tend to make a habit of not voting on conversations I'm participating in because of potential bias.
  5. I'm fairly sure that all available information (including things I consciously avoid) influences me subconsciously to some degree.
  6. I suspect I'm more likely to vote up for good content, and down for bad style.
  7. I usually don't, for no specific reason (inaction by default).
  8. I tend to vote first in the direction of a target score (usually toward zero). Beyond that I vote for clarity of ideas, value of content, and prioritization of attention for the benefit of lurkers.
  9. I think separated agreement/quality votes and target-score voting (i.e, #/5 stars) instead of directional (up/down) would be better, but the current system seems to work okay.
  10. I usually don't vote within arguments I've participated in, because the increased emotional stake makes it too easy to assign votes based on who fields soldiers for my side of the argument. Likewise, anything that provokes a someone is wrong on the internet reaction is a sign that I'm too biased to evaluate it fairly.
  11. I assume any score between -1 and 1 is neutral. If a comment gets more downvotes than replies, I like to know why. I get mildly annoyed when silly comments, such as Princess Bride references, get voted up a lot.
  12. Nothing in particular.
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