Matt_Simpson comments on Boring Advice Repository - Less Wrong

56 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 07 March 2013 04:33AM

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Comment author: Matt_Simpson 07 March 2013 04:16:34PM 9 points [-]

Upvote comments that you think are useful on LW in general, not just comments you found personally useful. (A note to myself as I read this thread).

Comment author: latanius 07 March 2013 08:37:05PM 5 points [-]

As for this thread: wouldn't upvoting commens that you think are useful for someone else but not for you be actually an indirect case of other-optmizing?

Comment author: Matt_Simpson 08 March 2013 02:06:54AM 1 point [-]

I think so.

Comment author: Decius 07 March 2013 11:52:04PM 0 points [-]

With the expectation that others would reciprocate by encouraging behavior that benefits you.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 07 March 2013 05:11:13PM 1 point [-]

I think that depends on the current number of upvotes the comment has. I'll upvote comments with no upvotes that I personally found useful by way of thanks.

Comment author: Matt_Simpson 07 March 2013 05:18:11PM 0 points [-]

Sure, I'm just saying that personal usefulness shouldn't be the only reason you upvote.

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