Clarity comments on Stupid Questions, December 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Clarity 06 December 2015 03:12:26AM 2 points [-]

I have NEGATIVE karma on LessWrong. My writing is evidently unappealing. Why would I start a blog when it would generate negative publicity about myself?

Comment author: Bryan-san 07 December 2015 02:37:32AM 2 points [-]

Evaporative Cooling in that situation should lead to readers and commenters being only people who like you and people who hate you and want to verbalize it on a regular basis.

On a seperate note, your karma history is 44% positive. I think people both often agree with your comments and often disagree with your comments. They just disagree slightly more often. I think this is a good reason for you to keep posting for the time being.

Comment author: 9eB1 06 December 2015 05:07:27AM 2 points [-]

Many people with opinions that are popular generally would not achieve high karmas on LessWrong, so I don't think that is necessarily a good barometer of whether your ideas would be successful in other venues.

Comment author: Elo 06 December 2015 03:43:14AM 0 points [-]

True. In this sense you have an understanding of yourself. That's a good thing.