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OrphanWilde comments on Open thread 7th september - 13th september - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: OrphanWilde 11 September 2015 03:14:46PM *  3 points [-]

Initially downvoted because I disliked your reason, then on reconsideration decided this merely discourages you from disclosing your reason, and does nothing to discourage you from downvoting for that reason, so retracted.

ETA: This comment was added to spread the information encapsulated here, that downvoting reasons-for-downvoting that we disagree with only results in a less transparent system which conveys less information overall, without actually changing anybody's upvoting or downvoting habits.

Comment author: drethelin 14 September 2015 06:37:19AM 0 points [-]

Conveying less information is good. Too much "information" is spam. I would rather have unexplained downvotes and fewer wasted comments explaining them.