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CellBioGuy comments on Stupid Questions (10/27/2014) - Less Wrong Discussion

15 Post author: drethelin 27 October 2014 09:27PM

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 28 October 2014 04:52:14AM *  11 points [-]

I've got over 1000 and pretty much feel like an observer that periodically gets massively upvoted for injecting biology and astronomy information and analysis, which just happens to more than cancel out my negative karma from frequent jibes at local phenomena I find amusing or troubling.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 28 October 2014 07:46:30AM *  3 points [-]

Thanks for your contributions!

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 02 November 2014 07:44:27AM *  2 points [-]

One way you're a 'real' member is that I recognize your username and remember you as a distinct user who tends to write about specific stuff. Random new users are just indistinct name mass until they show up often enough to start getting recognized.

Though it probably makes you become a real member faster when your username helpfully describes the stuff you know and will be talking about.

Based on a quick look around this thread, 1000 karma does seem like a reasonably good rule of thumb threshold between an username being obscure and at least vaguely familiar. On the other hand, DataPacRat apparently only went over 1000 just recently but has been making discussion posts for years, so I've recognized their username for a long time now.