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ialdabaoth comments on [META] Retributive downvoting: Why? - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: ialdabaoth 27 November 2012 02:24AM

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Comment author: ialdabaoth 27 November 2012 06:59:03PM 15 points [-]
  1. I feel like correcting an abuse of a system by further abusing the system is a bad precedent to set

  2. If you feel this is a viable solution, you could have simply implemented it, rather than suggesting that I convince someone to implement.

Comment author: Kingoftheinternet 27 November 2012 07:00:49PM 2 points [-]

Let it be known that I've upvoted all of your things to counteract whichever person downvoted all of your things, and nobody else should do that.

Comment author: ialdabaoth 27 November 2012 07:03:30PM *  6 points [-]

Well, here's to crossing fingers and hoping that the metasystem stabilizes, and I appreciate the gesture. ;)

And let it further be known that if I feel like the process has swung too far in the other direction (i.e., giving me too MUCH karma), I promise to expend that karma responding to negative-karma posts in an attempt to explain how I feel they could adjust their posting behavior towards more rational discourse.

Comment author: Kawoomba 28 November 2012 12:04:13PM 1 point [-]

Make it bad advice though lest you get more upvotes.

Good to see that your topic has ultimately led to a portable, scalable and non-complicated solution.