thomblake comments on Proposed New Features for Less Wrong - Less Wrong
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I would like the LW codebase to scan for any cases where multiple upvotes/downvotes were made to a single post or comment from the same IP. If any accounts are found which do this frequently, I'd like the results posted publicly.
That's a weird thing to post publicly - while there's no explicit guarantee of privacy here, it's very asymmetric and unexpected, so runs afoul of privacy best practices.
I would not be surprised, for example, if my wife and I end up upvoting a lot of the same things frequently, and don't see why we should be singled out for it.
ETA: wouldn't this cause particular problems for, say, the SIAI house?
Good point about the SIAI house.
People should have the opportunity to explain the circumstances. It could be done by contacting people privately, but that would involve work for someone.