I think I would disagree with this. At the very least, I think people on the list write pretty useful posts and comments.
Still, the ranking doesn’t really match who I think consistently makes the most valuable comments or posts, and I think it reflects volume too much. I’m probably as high as I am mainly because of a large number of comments that got 1 or 2 regular upvotes (I’ve made the 5th most comments among EA Forum users).
(I don’t think people should be penalized for making posts or comments that don’t get much or any votes; this would discourage writing on technical or niche topics, and commenting on posts that aren’t getting much attention anymore or never did. This is why I proposed dividing total karma by number of votes on your comments/posts, rather than dividing total karma by the number of your comments/posts.)
This list is missing the vast majority (95%) of the talented EAs and people just contributing in a public way, much less those who don’t post or blog.
I agree.
The ranking and composition could be drastically improved
I agree that they could probably be improved substantially. I’m not sure about “drastically”, but I think “substantially” is enough to do something about it.
I think I would disagree with this. At the very least, I think people on the list write pretty useful posts and comments.
Still, the ranking doesn’t really match who I think consistently makes the most valuable comments or posts, and I think it reflects volume too much. I’m probably as high as I am mainly because of a large number of comments that got 1 or 2 regular upvotes (I’ve made the 5th most comments among EA Forum users).
(I don’t think people should be penalized for making posts or comments that don’t get much or any votes; this would discourage writing on technical or niche topics, and commenting on posts that aren’t getting much attention anymore or never did. This is why I proposed dividing total karma by number of votes on your comments/posts, rather than dividing total karma by the number of your comments/posts.)
I agree.
I agree that they could probably be improved substantially. I’m not sure about “drastically”, but I think “substantially” is enough to do something about it.
Thank you for the corrections, which I agree with. It is generous of you to graciously indulge my comment.