Elo comments on A survey of the top posters on lesswrong - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Elo 11 June 2015 11:53:05PM 0 points [-]

I was definitely not being clear enough. In my head when I wrote the original note I was expecting replies from everyone with an understanding that it would be collated. as it is; 5 did not reply which surprised me greatly.

I am practicing the idea of being specific about what I ask (clearly not very good yet). I am surprised by how much "what I am asking" gets reinterpreted to be "what they think I want the answer to be like". I am also practicing the idea of answering the surface of the question; or answering the intention, not what I want to interpret the question as (or answering as both).

Comment author: gjm 12 June 2015 12:31:12AM 4 points [-]

A 2/3 response rate is actually pretty spectacularly good.

Comment author: Elo 13 June 2015 08:44:25AM 0 points [-]

on a normal population yes; but these are people selected for their ability to make comments on the internet. I was expecting higher.

Comment author: gjm 13 June 2015 11:25:20AM 2 points [-]

Ability differs from willingness, and public comments on the internet differ from survey responses.

Comment author: Elo 13 June 2015 11:43:23AM 0 points [-]

Of course, somewhere in my head they had a closeness to them, being related on the "participate in lesswrong things" axis. Hence an expectation of interest/participation/motivation to respond.