I think that’s right other than that weak upvotes never become worth 3 points anymore (although this doesn’t matter on the EA forum, given that no one has 25,000 karma), based on this lesswrong github file linked from the LW FAQ.
Wait, you’re telling me that forum insiders get up to 16 times the voting power of outsiders? Does nobody else see the obvious way this encourages groupthink? Who thought this was a good idea?
EAF uses the same software was Less Wrong. Less Wrong is intentionally something like a walled garden but the walls are low enough that people can climb over if they want. The purpose is the maintain high quality discussions. I’m actually kind of avoiding EAF at the moment because there’s so many new people it’s negatively affecting the culture that was here before, which was always different from but somewhat similar to Less Wrong. The weighted voting is a mechanism to help maintain the desired culture and prevent it from regressing to the internet mean. Other forums, like Reddit, are a better fit for discussions where outsiders can more easily jump in. It has costs and benefits either way. EAF has chosen to put up some small barriers to maintain a particular epistemic culture.
I was also not sure how the strong votes worked, but found a description from four years ago here. I’m not sure if the system’s in date.
If you create a search then edit it to become empty on the Forum, you can see a list of the highest karma users. The first two pages:
That seems accurate to me, my normal upvote is +2 and my strong upvote is +8.
Ditto
I think that’s right other than that weak upvotes never become worth 3 points anymore (although this doesn’t matter on the EA forum, given that no one has 25,000 karma), based on this lesswrong github file linked from the LW FAQ.
Wait, you’re telling me that forum insiders get up to 16 times the voting power of outsiders? Does nobody else see the obvious way this encourages groupthink? Who thought this was a good idea?
EAF uses the same software was Less Wrong. Less Wrong is intentionally something like a walled garden but the walls are low enough that people can climb over if they want. The purpose is the maintain high quality discussions. I’m actually kind of avoiding EAF at the moment because there’s so many new people it’s negatively affecting the culture that was here before, which was always different from but somewhat similar to Less Wrong. The weighted voting is a mechanism to help maintain the desired culture and prevent it from regressing to the internet mean. Other forums, like Reddit, are a better fit for discussions where outsiders can more easily jump in. It has costs and benefits either way. EAF has chosen to put up some small barriers to maintain a particular epistemic culture.
This isn’t exactly correct, but I find the downvotes weird enough to demand explanation, so I strong-upvoted in response.
Also, the highest karma users right know have up to 9x the power of outsiders, albeit 16x is the maximum for insiders.