Assuming that you genuinely approve of this article, a seal of approval from a user with 50% positive karma is more like an anti-seal of approval, regardless of the validity of that user’s statements. Most humans will be inclined to smack you down for grabbing status that they don’t think you deserve, and they may even improperly use the quality and content of your comment as a substitute criterion for evaluating the quality and content of the parent article. It’s not to say that you should refrain from commenting at all, but that you should refrain from commenting if your comments lack cues that will lead readers to evaluate your comments and their parents slowly and deliberatively. The easiest way to do this is to write comments that can only be written slowly and deliberatively and to refrain from commenting otherwise.
Assuming that you don’t genuinely approve of this article, obscurantism and social engineering are unlikely to be productive and are discouraged.
Thanks for the comment; We have experienced this before (Clarity’s support and following discussion). it might not be in everyone’s memory but it is in mine.
At this point I am glad he posted. Clarity is still a member of the culture around here; even if he is not a good-karma scoring member, he still participates regularly and has valid opinions on things.
I didn’t downvote you and I intend no offense.
Assuming that you genuinely approve of this article, a seal of approval from a user with 50% positive karma is more like an anti-seal of approval, regardless of the validity of that user’s statements. Most humans will be inclined to smack you down for grabbing status that they don’t think you deserve, and they may even improperly use the quality and content of your comment as a substitute criterion for evaluating the quality and content of the parent article. It’s not to say that you should refrain from commenting at all, but that you should refrain from commenting if your comments lack cues that will lead readers to evaluate your comments and their parents slowly and deliberatively. The easiest way to do this is to write comments that can only be written slowly and deliberatively and to refrain from commenting otherwise.
Assuming that you don’t genuinely approve of this article, obscurantism and social engineering are unlikely to be productive and are discouraged.
Thanks for the comment; We have experienced this before (Clarity’s support and following discussion). it might not be in everyone’s memory but it is in mine.
http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/mmu/how_to_learn_a_new_area_x_that_you_have_no_idea/coby
At this point I am glad he posted. Clarity is still a member of the culture around here; even if he is not a good-karma scoring member, he still participates regularly and has valid opinions on things.
Relax, its just a good article. No need to go too meta and derail this important article.