Never said they’d be dominated by that effect. Nor did I say the majority of LW reader would be at all affected in that way. I think there’s at best a minor effect, which would impact within an OoM of 1% of readers. Which is why I said ‘it would be of minor benefit to change the word to “great”’. But it would also be pretty quick and maybe a good idea? This is all, of course, assuming Max H didn’t want some negative association attatched to your linked piece. I didn’t know if that’s what Max H was going for.
As for why I spent all this time on such a minor point, I guess something was bothering me about the word “extreme” in that sentence and I wanted to focus on it. When I focus like that, it commonly boots me out of a funk, which is what I was in, so doing this was positive EV for me.
Never said they’d be dominated by that effect. Nor did I say the majority of LW reader would be at all affected in that way. I think there’s at best a minor effect, which would impact within an OoM of 1% of readers. Which is why I said ‘it would be of minor benefit to change the word to “great”’. But it would also be pretty quick and maybe a good idea? This is all, of course, assuming Max H didn’t want some negative association attatched to your linked piece. I didn’t know if that’s what Max H was going for.
As for why I spent all this time on such a minor point, I guess something was bothering me about the word “extreme” in that sentence and I wanted to focus on it. When I focus like that, it commonly boots me out of a funk, which is what I was in, so doing this was positive EV for me.
I’m glad you’re out of your funk!