loserthree comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 27, chapter 98 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: loserthree 30 August 2013 03:17:14AM 3 points [-]

Thanks.

That pulls a bit of the rug out from under that unsteady pile of pattern-matching.

Comment author: loserthree 31 August 2013 02:41:03PM 2 points [-]

Thanks.

That pulls a bit of the rug out from under that unsteady pile of pattern-matching.

This got downvoted to -2. If anyone would like to see fewer postings like the above, they can improve the odds that they'll see the change they'd like by explaining what it is about the above post that was disliked.

Thank you, in advance for your help with this.

Comment author: gjm 31 August 2013 09:23:47PM 3 points [-]

I didn't downvote it but I'd guess that one reason why some people did is that they thought it was rude and would prefer LW to be a more civil place.

(My initial reaction to your question about downvotes was: "Ah, I bet those people didn't notice that the person being so rude was the same as the person whose 'unsteady pile of pattern-matching' they were being so rude about" -- I was very surprised when I checked and found it was just garden-variety rudeness rather than self-deprecation.)

Comment author: ciphergoth 02 September 2013 04:43:08PM 3 points [-]

I think it is self-deprecation, ie it refers to this not this.

Comment author: gjm 02 September 2013 06:32:10PM 2 points [-]

Aha, I think you're right. Score one for my intuitive self-deprecation sensors, then.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 31 August 2013 08:06:55PM 2 points [-]

I have no idea. Upvoted for admitting you're (more likely to be) wrong, though.

Comment author: TobyBartels 31 August 2013 11:23:33PM 0 points [-]

Well, it's -1 now, since I often upvote comments with negative totals that I think don't deserve them. Sorry that I can't help you more!

Comment author: loserthree 01 September 2013 04:16:20PM 1 point [-]

Less worried about downvotes I've received, more interested in the things that lead to me getting them.

Thanks, though.