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buybuydandavis comments on Downvote stalkers: Driving members away from the LessWrong community? - Less Wrong Discussion

39 Post author: Ander 02 July 2014 12:40AM

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Comment author: shminux 02 July 2014 03:53:28AM 15 points [-]

Why is this a problem for you?

I suppose if you use comment karma to evaluate how people like what you write, blank downvoting masks the useful signal.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 03 July 2014 12:00:06AM 2 points [-]

But he knows the source of the karma drop, therefore the useful signal has been unmasked.