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Kawoomba comments on Dark Arts 101: Winning via destruction and dualism - Less Wrong Discussion

-13 Post author: PhilGoetz 21 September 2013 01:53AM

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Comment author: Kawoomba 21 September 2013 08:43:53PM 4 points [-]

You've presumably stated your reasoning in the grandparent to elicit feedback; the feedback you receive is in the form of that comment's karma score. Speculatively (I didn't vote), it's not a punishment but rather a "I disagree with upvoting posts based on sarcastic humor alone strongly enough (signal/noise and all that) that I will express my disagreement via voting when I encounter such a policy".

Don't make it personal by construing such feedback as "punishment".

Comment author: Coscott 21 September 2013 08:52:32PM 1 point [-]

That makes sense. Thanks. I was not trying to ask for feedback on my voting. There was a belief stating that I did not vote, so I corrected it. I can, however, see why it was interpreted that way. I didn't take it personally. "Punishment" seemed like the most accurate word, but I do not care that much. I was just surprised.