I don’t perceive a need to be frugal with upvotes. I was surprised this article didn’t get as upvoted either, because I believe it covers a very important issue. Having read the article, I’m not too surprised by new information. Maybe others feel the same, because as users of this forum we’re already familiar with 80,000 Hours methodology, and feel as if this is a rehash.
I’ve upvoted the article so it will get more visibility, because more important than what’s written in it is attracting the critical feedback that 80,000 Hours is seeking.
When I hover over the 3 upvotes in the corner by the title, it says “100% positive”—which suggests people haven’t downvoted it, it’s just that not many people have upvoted it? But maybe I’m reading that wrong.
I thought it was a good and useful post, I don’t see any reason why people would downvote it—but would also be interested to hear why if there were people who did.
Yes, it seems like the Forum’s established a slightly more positive culture than LessWrong, where people are supportive (a la Jess_Whittlestons’s post) and don’t downvote all that much which seems to me to be a good thing. I would think that people might have refrained from upvoting this post because it might have seemed narrowly focused on promoting 80,000 Hours, but not have downvoted it either.
It seems like quite a few people have downvoted this post. I’d be curious to know why to avoid posting something similar next time.
I don’t perceive a need to be frugal with upvotes. I was surprised this article didn’t get as upvoted either, because I believe it covers a very important issue. Having read the article, I’m not too surprised by new information. Maybe others feel the same, because as users of this forum we’re already familiar with 80,000 Hours methodology, and feel as if this is a rehash.
I’ve upvoted the article so it will get more visibility, because more important than what’s written in it is attracting the critical feedback that 80,000 Hours is seeking.
Yeah, I’d say the main factor in lack of upvotes was the lack of new insight or substantive points to (dis)agree with.
When I hover over the 3 upvotes in the corner by the title, it says “100% positive”—which suggests people haven’t downvoted it, it’s just that not many people have upvoted it? But maybe I’m reading that wrong.
I thought it was a good and useful post, I don’t see any reason why people would downvote it—but would also be interested to hear why if there were people who did.
Same. Doesn’t show any downvotes for me either. Maybe it’s a bug?
Yes, it seems like the Forum’s established a slightly more positive culture than LessWrong, where people are supportive (a la Jess_Whittlestons’s post) and don’t downvote all that much which seems to me to be a good thing. I would think that people might have refrained from upvoting this post because it might have seemed narrowly focused on promoting 80,000 Hours, but not have downvoted it either.
Ah I didn’t know you could see the % by hovering over that icon. I must have misremembered how many upvotes it had before.