It might be interesting to note that of those I looked up, almost everyone had 30-day karma ratios lower than their total karma ratios: 60% wasn’t unusual. I don’t know if this points toward more recent controversy or a tendency for people to grow more outspoken or more contrarian over time.
Mine is down to 62% due to some block-downvoting in the last couple of weeks, so that could be another reason. Or is this what you mean by “recent controversy”?
Nah, I was talking more about the recent rash of posts on demographics and related topics in Stranger than History, the reactions to Eliezer’s mass social engineering speculation in the April Fools’ post, and a few other similar events. Though now that you mention it, people do seem to have grown a bit more trigger-happy with downvotes in recent months, block and otherwise.
Mine is down to 62% due to some block-downvoting in the last couple of weeks, so that could be another reason. Or is this what you mean by “recent controversy”?
Nah, I was talking more about the recent rash of posts on demographics and related topics in Stranger than History, the reactions to Eliezer’s mass social engineering speculation in the April Fools’ post, and a few other similar events. Though now that you mention it, people do seem to have grown a bit more trigger-happy with downvotes in recent months, block and otherwise.