Is the overall karma for this mostly just people boosting it for visibility? Because I don’t see how this would be a quality comment by any other standards.
LessWrong gives those with higher karma greater post and comment karma starting out, under the assumption that their posts and comments are better and more representative of the community. Probably the high karma you’re seeing is a result of that. I think this is mostly a good thing.
That particular guideline you quoted doesn’t seem to appear on my commenting guidelines text box.
Is the overall karma for this mostly just people boosting it for visibility? Because I don’t see how this would be a quality comment by any other standards.
Frontpage comment guidelines:
Maybe try reading the post
LessWrong gives those with higher karma greater post and comment karma starting out, under the assumption that their posts and comments are better and more representative of the community. Probably the high karma you’re seeing is a result of that. I think this is mostly a good thing.
That particular guideline you quoted doesn’t seem to appear on my commenting guidelines text box.