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RobbBB comments on [meta] Policy for dealing with users suspected/guilty of mass-downvote harassment? - Less Wrong Discussion

28 Post author: Kaj_Sotala 06 June 2014 05:46AM

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Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 14 June 2014 07:37:08AM 0 points [-]

Hm, yes. I agree with this analysis. I focussed too much on the technicality of the voting mechanism which is a kind of inhumane given. Crying about a social norm become technical reality doesn't help. But saying 'get over it' do the underlying issue justice either. I should have taken the feelings more seriously.

Comment author: RobbBB 14 June 2014 09:27:40AM 0 points [-]

Glad we agree. This is in large part a tone issue. It's still reasonable to ask why someone thinks the existence of feeling X supports policy decision Y; I think that can be done without sounding dismissive.