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

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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.