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Gondolinian comments on Stupid Questions June 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Gondolinian 31 May 2015 02:14AM

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Comment author: Gondolinian 01 June 2015 07:12:34PM 1 point [-]

That may be the case now, but a part of my brain is certain that in the past downvotes did have a significant effect on ordering. Like, if a 10-point comment got one downvote, it would fall below a 6-point comment without any downvotes. Feelings of certainty are of course very unreliable, but I don't see any obvious reasons why this one is wrong.

Comment author: ChristianKl 02 June 2015 01:44:13PM 0 points [-]

Maybe you used "Popular" or "Top" as an ordering criteria in the past?