Gunnar_Zarncke comments on I'm the new moderator - Less Wrong

87 Post author: NancyLebovitz 13 January 2015 11:21PM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 14 January 2015 12:13:22AM *  5 points [-]

Good luck and thanks for doing the job!

Interesting. This seems to be the first case (at least in the last two years) where the same post is present in both. I'm curions about the votes. Should give some feedback about the relative share of readers of Main and Discussion.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 14 January 2015 01:06:33AM *  6 points [-]

It's not a good test unless the post gets promoted. I'm willing to bet that a lot of people check the promoted posts at Main, but don't bother to check New.

Also, some people might be sufficiently in favor to upvote both posts.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 14 January 2015 09:45:38AM 7 points [-]

Maybe readers will feel the post does not contain enough scientific references to be posted in Main.

Or perhaps that a new moderator taking the job deserves more karma than the one giving up.

:D

Comment author: tgb 16 January 2015 01:15:07PM 4 points [-]

I've been around for more than a couple years and had no idea there was a difference between Main and Promoted. I guess I check "new" for Main by using the side bar on the landing page but didn't pick up on the distinction.