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gjm comments on Open thread, January 25- February 1 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: gjm 26 January 2014 10:32:46AM 1 point [-]

I would prefer to see a little less victim-blaming here.

(I'm not sure whether you intended it as such -- but that phrase "participation in flame-bait topics" sounds like it.)

Comment author: CAE_Jones 26 January 2014 10:45:40AM 9 points [-]

That was not my intention. (If it's any consolation, I participated in the same firestorm.)

Comment author: drethelin 26 January 2014 09:48:54PM 2 points [-]

How is this victim blaming? As I interpret it the claim is that the person was probably NOT the victim of systematic downvoting but instead made a lot of comments that are counter to what people like to hear, creating the illusion of same.

Comment author: gjm 26 January 2014 10:12:13PM 3 points [-]

Hard to explain getting downvoted for

a comment where I said "thanks" when somebody pointed out a formatting error in my comments

as being about saying things "counter to what people like to hear". Which is why I didn't interpret CAE_Jones as suggesting that that's what was going on.

Comment author: CAE_Jones 27 January 2014 09:48:56AM 0 points [-]

For what it's worth, I agree with gjm that "flame-bait" was a poor choice of words on my part, and I understand how it could have been taken as victim-blaming in spite of my intentions.