Yes, the cost of excess moderation is inconspicuous.
This post is perfectly appropriate for the Discussion, I think. More generally, it's fine to discuss things here, even if there are other places on the Web to discuss them. This is because discussion here can be of a higher quality, and is more directly relevant to LWers' interests.
I am not sure whether LW is over-moderated. How would one tell, apart from personally feeling intimidated?
I am not sure whether LW is over-moderated. How would one tell, apart from personally feeling intimidated?
I'm using the word "intimidation" to refer to any kind of aversion to posting more stuff associated with getting downvoted or criticized. Obviously, a huge reason that downvoting does anything is because people don't like getting voted down, and when they do get voted down, they work hard to avoid behaviors resembling the one that caused them to get voted down. They will also tend to avoid behaviors that they saw other people get voted d...
Overcoming Bias: Was Intrade being manipulated in the last month?
The link is good apropos, but the question that interests me is a bit more general. It seems to me that the apparent failure of Intrade to function as a predictor/knowledge aggregator before the US presidential elections was an important natural experiment. What do you think about the explanations and implications? I don't think it's too hard to discuss the knowledge aggregation issues without being bogged down in the specificities of US politics.