If this is the canonical reference for one of the most important concepts of all time on LW (and I think it is), then I’d bid in favor of it getting upvoted on that basis even if it’s not novel. My thinking is that LW is meant to mostly be a timeless repository of knowledge, where content continues to be used ten years from now rather than just being used for a month. If someone stumbles on this page in five or ten years, I want the upvotes to provide a signal about how useful the post is to read.
(The karma only matters as a signal for people who aren’t familiar with the post/concept; if you are familiar, you can just decide whether to reread on that basis.)
‘Karma as a signal that I want to see more things like this’ matters a little, but less than usual since CFAR!Duncan is a dummy account and the handbook-posting is a scheduled thing.
(Of course, some people won’t read the post because they’ve seen it in the past, and also won’t want to upvote something based only on a vague years-old recollection. That makes total sense to me. But if you do read it, I wouldn’t personally hold back on upvotes just because it’s old.)
The content might be very good but it was already accessible to everyone. I’m not upvoting this post because I already was familiar with it.
That makes perfect sense, thank you! My confusion has been resolved.
If this is the canonical reference for one of the most important concepts of all time on LW (and I think it is), then I’d bid in favor of it getting upvoted on that basis even if it’s not novel. My thinking is that LW is meant to mostly be a timeless repository of knowledge, where content continues to be used ten years from now rather than just being used for a month. If someone stumbles on this page in five or ten years, I want the upvotes to provide a signal about how useful the post is to read.
(The karma only matters as a signal for people who aren’t familiar with the post/concept; if you are familiar, you can just decide whether to reread on that basis.)
‘Karma as a signal that I want to see more things like this’ matters a little, but less than usual since CFAR!Duncan is a dummy account and the handbook-posting is a scheduled thing.
(Of course, some people won’t read the post because they’ve seen it in the past, and also won’t want to upvote something based only on a vague years-old recollection. That makes total sense to me. But if you do read it, I wouldn’t personally hold back on upvotes just because it’s old.)