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Kawoomba comments on Open Thread for February 3 - 10 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Kawoomba 09 February 2014 09:57:06AM *  2 points [-]

You'd be missed, wedrifid. Not that my opinion counts for much (being one tenth the veteran you are), but there you have it.

(I did downvote you occasionally. I also am in favor of more explicit rules regarding what voting patterns are considered to be abusive versus valid expressions of one's intent. There is no consensus even amongst old-timers, if memory serves e.g. Vladimir Nesov -- among others -- saw karmassassinations as a valid way of signalling that you'd like someone to leave the forums. There may an illusion of transparency at work -- what is an obvious misuse to you may not seem so to others, unless told so explicitly. ETA: I'd like some instructions from the editor on this topic, a.k.a. "I NEED AN ADULT!")

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 09 February 2014 04:20:52PM *  9 points [-]

I don't endorse indiscriminate downvoting, but occasionally point out that fast systematic downvoting can result from fair judgement of a batch of systematically bad comments.

(Prismattic's counterexamples, if indeed from the same set, indicate that it's not the case here.)