Larks comments on February 2013 Media Thread - Less Wrong

2 Post author: RobertLumley 02 February 2013 01:36AM

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Comment author: Larks 02 February 2013 07:55:45PM 0 points [-]

So to maximise karma I should just post links to every piece of media ever produced? People should be disincentivised from posting stuff that will harm the signal-noise ratio, here as in other threads.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 03 February 2013 12:33:08PM 6 points [-]

Let's use common sense. If I feel you deliberately post crap suggestions I'll downvote you, not because they're crap but because you deliberately harmed the signal-noise ratio.

Comment author: ahartell 02 February 2013 08:10:41PM 1 point [-]

I don't think that would work if you tried (posting links to everything). It may naively seem like that is being incentivized but from my own intuitions about what I would do if someone did that and that fact that that hasn't actually happened, I don't think you need to be concerned.

Comment author: DaFranker 04 February 2013 05:21:07PM 0 points [-]

I agree with both your points. I disagree with the premise that people should be encouraged to maximize karma, or that this will be a significant problem, or that karma votes will be given primarily on the basis of how much users enjoyed the recommended content.

Comment author: gwern 02 February 2013 08:43:45PM 0 points [-]

I didn't realize that I was suggesting 'posting links to every piece of media ever produced'. Maybe we should be discussing an addition to the rules about that since apparently it's a problem.

Comment author: ShardPhoenix 04 February 2013 09:40:51AM 0 points [-]

I don't think he was talking about you, just speaking hypothetically.