Randaly comments on Dealing with trolling and the signal to noise ratio - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Randaly 04 September 2012 12:48:04AM *  1 point [-]

I strongly disagree. As far as I am aware, there is no contract between Will Newsome and LessWrong/the SI/FHI/CFAR that states that he is entitled to do whatever he likes. In fact, per community norms, the opposite is true. The claim that he is a SuperTroll seems to be self-evidently true, and is almost certainly not libel, as Will Newsome has done his best to encourage the idea that he is a troll, and possibly even began this view. (Consent is usually considered a defense against libel.) Newsome also seems to have disruptive intent- he's explicitly stated that he's trying to burn his credibility as fast as possible. So, the mods have fairly solid reasons for moving against him- at present rates, it'll take ~27 months for him to burn through the rest of his karma, which is far too long.