“it being a top-level post instead of Open Thread comment. Probably would’ve been a lot more forgiving if it’d been an Open Thread comment. . .”
Since I am already disliked lets just say it, the reason EY would prefer my post in the comments section of an open thread is two-fold:
1.) it can easily be deleted if he doesn’t like it
2.) Since I happen to be the exemplar here and most of you guys don’t like me (or don’t like being unwitting subjects of social experiments). You would quickly vote my post down to the point where the only way to find it would be to search my profile for it meaning that the post would go nowhere.
I can delete this post as easily as I can delete a comment; the same effort is involved either way. If you request it, I would be quite happy to provide experimental evidence to this effect.
You would quickly vote my post down to the point where the only way to find it would be to search my profile for it meaning that the post would go nowhere.
Close, it would show up as ‘1 comment below threshold’, an exemplar of success for the karma system.
“it being a top-level post instead of Open Thread comment. Probably would’ve been a lot more forgiving if it’d been an Open Thread comment. . .”
Since I am already disliked lets just say it, the reason EY would prefer my post in the comments section of an open thread is two-fold: 1.) it can easily be deleted if he doesn’t like it 2.) Since I happen to be the exemplar here and most of you guys don’t like me (or don’t like being unwitting subjects of social experiments). You would quickly vote my post down to the point where the only way to find it would be to search my profile for it meaning that the post would go nowhere.
I can delete this post as easily as I can delete a comment; the same effort is involved either way. If you request it, I would be quite happy to provide experimental evidence to this effect.
Disregarding the fact that deleting a top level post is as easy as deleting a comment...how do you know this is his reason?
“Disregarding the fact that deleting a top level post is as easy as deleting a comment...how do you know this is his reason?”
Because he has done it in the past.
If that was true, that still is not the same as his stated reason.
You don’t have enough information to state such a thing in such a conclusive manner.
Voted down for misuse of the word ‘exemplar’.
Close, it would show up as ‘1 comment below threshold’, an exemplar of success for the karma system.