bogus comments on Optimal rudeness - Less Wrong

-7 Post author: PhilGoetz 13 April 2013 03:48AM

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Comment author: bogus 13 April 2013 08:34:01PM 0 points [-]

Do you mean this? Honestly, I think such users are a crystal-clear example of the rare instance when technical restrictions are justified. While I don't think karma scores should be the sole criteria of this, the fact that this user has been allowed to reach a score of -513 is quite striking.

Comment author: TimS 15 April 2013 12:29:35AM 0 points [-]

I think I don't understand your proposal.

You want high rationality people to be rude to irrational or trollish newcomers? Given that the function of the newcomer-behavior is probably attention, I'm not sure we should positively reinforce the behavior if we don't want it.

And I don't see how we can cause high-rationality people to be low status, or why we would want to? (It isn't like newcomers have much idea who is high status or low status).