Exposing yourself to karma judgements is similar to asking someone out on a date, or otherwise risking rejection. Men have to do this all the time; I think a typical man has to approach or flirt with over 100 women just to get 1 date. Women don’t have to do it, and so don’t get used to doing it.
Exposing yourself to any judgments, period, is risky. The OB crowd is perhaps the best-commenting community I’ve come across: they read previous comments and engage the arguments made there. How many other bloggers are like Robin Hanson and consistently read and reply to comments?
Anyway, as a result, any comment is bound to be read and often responded to by others. There may not have been a point value attached, but judgments were made.
Exposing yourself to karma judgements is similar to asking someone out on a date, or otherwise risking rejection. Men have to do this all the time; I think a typical man has to approach or flirt with over 100 women just to get 1 date. Women don’t have to do it, and so don’t get used to doing it.
Karma-based explanations don’t explain why we saw the same gender imbalance on OB.
Exposing yourself to any judgments, period, is risky. The OB crowd is perhaps the best-commenting community I’ve come across: they read previous comments and engage the arguments made there. How many other bloggers are like Robin Hanson and consistently read and reply to comments? Anyway, as a result, any comment is bound to be read and often responded to by others. There may not have been a point value attached, but judgments were made.