I know people aren’t reading them, because he has some good posts (old ones, backdated to before LW existed; maybe they were imported from OB) with only a couple of upvotes.
When I was initially reading through some of the sequences, I didn’t upvote them at all, and I continue to not upvote them even now.
Initially I didn’t notice the voting mechanism at all, because I hadn’t yet created an account. Then after I registered, I didn’t bother because EY already has a jillion points, and because those posts had already been green-lit so registering my approval wouldn’t have much effect.
I’ve done the same. When I stumbled upon lesswrong, it’s like I got sucked into a vortex. I just kept reading and reading and reading, until I essentially ran out of things to read. I didn’t care about voting or commenting, just reading. Then I realized there are other people here besides Eliezer and other posts too. I realized the community here is pretty interesting, so I decided to join in.
When I was initially reading through some of the sequences, I didn’t upvote them at all, and I continue to not upvote them even now.
Initially I didn’t notice the voting mechanism at all, because I hadn’t yet created an account. Then after I registered, I didn’t bother because EY already has a jillion points, and because those posts had already been green-lit so registering my approval wouldn’t have much effect.
I’ve done the same. When I stumbled upon lesswrong, it’s like I got sucked into a vortex. I just kept reading and reading and reading, until I essentially ran out of things to read. I didn’t care about voting or commenting, just reading. Then I realized there are other people here besides Eliezer and other posts too. I realized the community here is pretty interesting, so I decided to join in.