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Viliam_Bur comments on Downvote stalkers: Driving members away from the LessWrong community? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 02 July 2014 07:19:49PM 2 points [-]

Realistically, considering how much time does it take to change anything about LW software, I don't see it as likely.

But I can imagine that this system could work if we had multiple moderators. I mean, so the website would not be completely abandoned if one moderator spends a day offline. Also, to provide the moderators some kind of plausible deniability, so they wouldn't feel they start a personal conflict with someone whenever they remove a comment.

Comment author: Squark 03 July 2014 07:28:07AM 0 points [-]

Regarding changes to LW software, I think the process can be improved if the persons responsible will allow LWers with coding skills to volunteer their time.

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 03 July 2014 10:16:05AM 5 points [-]

It's open source, and contributions (at least on some issues) are welcome.

Comment author: Squark 07 July 2014 06:35:04PM 0 points [-]

jackk, Vladimir, thx for commenting!

I think those links should be on the main page to be easier to discover.

Comment author: jackk 03 July 2014 07:39:27AM 3 points [-]

Part of my job is to review pull requests.