Tem42 comments on Ideas on growth of the community - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Tem42 13 August 2015 02:40:49PM 3 points [-]

Irrational; off-topic; trite; redundant; attitude; poorly written/expressed; I personally disagree.

Rational; interesting/clever; positive vibe man!; I don't really care, but feel that you have been unfairly downvoted.

Problem: I suspect that most people who down vote because "I personally disagree" might actually click "irrational".

Comment author: ChristianKl 15 August 2015 01:01:34PM 0 points [-]

I think on LW a lot of people can distinguish "I personally disagree" from "you don't provide a proper argument".

Comment author: Tem42 15 August 2015 01:37:49PM 0 points [-]

My thought was that most people who do make the distinction between "I personally disagree" and "you don't provide a proper argument" are also the people who are unlikely to vote down simply because they disagree. I could be wrong.

Comment author: ChristianKl 15 August 2015 01:47:56PM 1 point [-]

I think it depend on the context. There are cases on LW when voting down because you disagree makes sense and others where it doesn't.

Comment author: btrettel 13 August 2015 06:55:25PM -1 points [-]

Problem: I suspect that most people who down vote because "I personally disagree" might actually click "irrational".

This is likely, and requiring a comment or some additional feedback might be a good idea for calling something irrational.