From LW I want specific and highly filtered content
We want the same thing then. My way of achieving it is to write posts and comments when I have something interesting to say. For example, if I disagree with something, I usually don’t reply unless I can add a bit of insight to my disagreement, so it’s worth reading to everyone and not just the person I’m replying to.
From talking to you, it seems like you’re using the opposite strategy. You ask questions that are uninteresting on their own (or at least feel that way to me and others). When someone replies, you follow up with more of the same. Maybe you could try optimizing your comments for interest instead of “spirited discussion”?
You ask questions that are uninteresting on their own (or at least feel that way to me and others)
I am a bit curious, then, how did I manage to accumulate that much karma by merely being uninteresting...
People are different. They find interesting different things. It seems likely that our interests don’t overlap much—but I would be wary of making wide-ranging conclusions on that basis.
A couple of year ago, when we still had downvotes, there was an interesting thread about the values of “% positive” karma which you can see if you hover your mouse over the karma score box.
Because upvotes were always more plentiful than downvotes, the opinions expressed in that thread converged to something like:
~50% positive: LW hates you, you don’t fit in
70-80% positive: you’re fine
90% positive: you have been consumed by the hive mind, it’s probably too late for you to escape
Don’t think “troll” is a valid label for him—he just was… very enthusiastic and persistent about his disagreements with EY.
But is there a point you’re making? Is it that 75% is too little? Is it that the % positive is meaningless? It is that the karma score tells you nothing?
We want the same thing then. My way of achieving it is to write posts and comments when I have something interesting to say. For example, if I disagree with something, I usually don’t reply unless I can add a bit of insight to my disagreement, so it’s worth reading to everyone and not just the person I’m replying to.
From talking to you, it seems like you’re using the opposite strategy. You ask questions that are uninteresting on their own (or at least feel that way to me and others). When someone replies, you follow up with more of the same. Maybe you could try optimizing your comments for interest instead of “spirited discussion”?
I am a bit curious, then, how did I manage to accumulate that much karma by merely being uninteresting...
People are different. They find interesting different things. It seems likely that our interests don’t overlap much—but I would be wary of making wide-ranging conclusions on that basis.
Sheer volume of comments is the main reason. You’re receiving about 2x as many downvotes as cousin_it, proportionally speaking.
A couple of year ago, when we still had downvotes, there was an interesting thread about the values of “% positive” karma which you can see if you hover your mouse over the karma score box.
Because upvotes were always more plentiful than downvotes, the opinions expressed in that thread converged to something like:
~50% positive: LW hates you, you don’t fit in
70-80% positive: you’re fine
:-D
One of our worst trolls ever was XiXiDu, who had 75%.
Don’t think “troll” is a valid label for him—he just was… very enthusiastic and persistent about his disagreements with EY.
But is there a point you’re making? Is it that 75% is too little? Is it that the % positive is meaningless? It is that the karma score tells you nothing?