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JoshuaZ comments on [Book Suggestions] Summer Reading for Younglings. - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: Karmakaiser 12 May 2012 04:57PM

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 14 May 2012 08:29:03PM 1 point [-]

They may be doing so because they think simple upvoting is a better way to to second recommendations. However, this isn't really the case because many recommendations mention multiple books, so doing so would not clearly endorse a specific book.

Comment author: Desrtopa 14 May 2012 09:02:27PM 1 point [-]

Plus, upvoting doesn't distinguish between "I agree that some or all of these books are good recommendations," and "Thanks for suggesting some plausible sounding candidates."