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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 05 June 2014 11:03:31PM *  2 points [-]

Consider that your internal estimate of the quality of the post you will make is noisy. For example, I did not expect this to become my most popular post, and I did not anticipate all the negative feedback I received on this post (also potentially interesting to note: although that second post ended at +5, I think it was lower than 0 at times and overall I felt pretty punished for writing it).

Comment author: shminux 05 June 2014 11:37:42PM 2 points [-]

Consider that your internal estimate of the quality of the post you will make is noisy.

Oh, I agree that my estimate of how my post would be rated is piss-poor, judging by how my comments are rated. I was talking about how I personally feel about their quality vs how I personally feel about the quality of the best posts. Maybe I'll dig through my drafts and post something after a slight polishing, just to see what happens.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 06 June 2014 02:59:11AM 1 point [-]

Sounds excellent!