shminux comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: eggman 19 February 2014 12:57PM

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Comment author: shminux 20 February 2014 07:16:59AM 1 point [-]

I can never predict how my comments would be rated, so I gave up on looking for voting criteria and do what feels right at the moment.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 20 February 2014 12:06:28PM 6 points [-]

I'm bad at predicting how my comments get rated, too. However, funny comments seem to get a lot of upvotes.

I suspect most people are voting on the basis of what they do or don't like, but the community has good enough taste that it works out to a useful feedback system-- or maybe it's just a self-reinforcing hall of mirrors which suits my taste.