Dr_Manhattan comments on Consider giving an explanation for your deletion this time around. "Harry Yudkowsky and the Methods of Postrationality: Chapter One: Em Dashes Colons and Ellipses, Littérateurs Go Wild" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 July 2014 11:32:24PM 7 points [-]

I don't know who unbanned this post, but I would be interested in hearing why before I reban the original.

Reason for banning original: It is super obvious that filling up Discussion with such posts would not be good for LW, I have no idea who the hell upvoted that and wonder if they were fake accounts. Will Newsome is a poster with known mental problems and the possibility that he's making fake accounts is one I've considered before. The post contributes nothing to LW and seems like a no-brainer to ban before it happens again.

Who unbanned the original? Why?

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 10 July 2014 09:25:36PM 22 points [-]

Sorry to hijack this Eli, but I don't get why it's not obvious that you should recuse yourself from moderation when there is strong appearance of personal rather than community consideration. Flag it to one of the other mods to consider.

It makes you look bad, whether or not the decision was well founded, and makes people question the fairness of the moderation process. Please don't do this.