At the risk of stating the obvious, the opinion of random LessWrongers on some position carries information that the opinion of people hand-picked for agreement with the position does not.
Karma is far too noisy a channel to communicate anything as subtle as an the aggregate opinion on a comment.
At the risk of stating the obvious, the opinion of random LessWrongers on some position carries information that the opinion of people hand-picked for agreement with the position does not.
Karma is far too noisy a channel to communicate anything as subtle as an the aggregate opinion on a comment.