Eugine_Nier comments on How do you interpret your "% positive"? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 10 April 2013 02:28:48AM 2 points [-]

Keeping karma fixed, lower % is certainly more impressive.

Comment author: [deleted] 13 April 2013 09:54:30AM 0 points [-]

Not necessarily, given that the average score of comments is positive. If you want at least 300 net 30-day karma regardless of % positive, you just need to post a lot, but if you want at least 300 net 30-day karma and 95% positive, you have to be particularly thoughtful about what you write.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 14 April 2013 03:53:36AM 1 point [-]

but if you want at least 300 net 30-day karma and 95% positive, you have to be particularly thoughtful about what you write.

Or just stick to posting witty things in the quote and MoR threads.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 11 April 2013 01:33:45PM 0 points [-]

I disagree.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 12 April 2013 04:15:28AM 2 points [-]

This from the same person who used to go around saying how he didn't care if his comments were downvoted, and that extremely negative karma comments were frequently as interesting as high karma comments.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 12 April 2013 04:28:30AM 2 points [-]

Will doesn't seem to be trolling lately.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 12 April 2013 04:52:47PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, this puzzled me.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 13 April 2013 08:46:01AM *  5 points [-]

Interesting. Last time Will was posting regularly, he made a big deal about wanting to destroy his own reputation and implied he might be interacting with some kind of basilisks and/or superhuman entities of unknown friendliness.