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FrameBenignly comments on Should you write longer comments? (Statistical analysis of the relationship between comment length and ratings) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: FrameBenignly 20 July 2015 04:01:56PM 0 points [-]

I think there may be a collective action problem here. Optimizing length to maximize upvotes seems like a way to encourage others' biases. Then there are prisoner's dilemma possibilities. If everybody increases their comment length, won't we have to increase our comment length even more to stand out?