CannibalSmith comments on December 2009 Meta Thread - Less Wrong

6 Post author: CarlShulman 17 December 2009 03:41AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 December 2009 07:06:36PM 8 points [-]

Mormon2 has completely outlived his pretense at being anything but a pure 100% troll, so if it's all right with everyone I'm going to just start removing all his comments from this point forward. (It would be preferable to rely on readers to vote him down to -4 on everything, but we don't have that level of constant vigilance.)

Comment author: CannibalSmith 20 December 2009 05:19:28PM 9 points [-]

Don't do it. I think it's essential for us to be able to recognize and deal with trolls (both OL and RL), and he's a perfectly good training dummy. Engaging him in his -4 threads doesn't make the signal to noise ratio worse as they're folded up. He shouldn't be allowed to make posts even if his karma rises to 20 though.

Comment author: saliency 11 March 2010 03:01:29PM 3 points [-]

I agree, I think the system should be designed to handle trolls. Use mormon2 as a test.

If the system is not working perhaps it needs to be modified but should be modified for everyone. I like the part of the US constitution that restricts legislators from targeting individuals with legislation.