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Viliam_Bur comments on [moderator action] Eugine_Nier is now banned for mass downvote harassment - Less Wrong Discussion
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Thanks, Kaj, you are a hero!!!
Sorry for the pressure; I have already removed my post. Some clarifications: (1) It was not aimed only towards you personally. I know you hate some aspects of this job; and perhaps that is a good thing. But if you would hate it too much, then the logical solution would be that the Powers would appoint additional moderator, less averse against this kind of dirty work. (2) I was afraid that the actual result would be something less than ban and disclosure. A quiet solution behind the scenes would leave too many open questions, e.g. did we have only one mass downvoter, or more of them? The victims deserved an answer. Leaving the decision to community could lead to a popularity contest between political factions. (3) I believe than banning a user from logging in to LW should be very easy: just go to the database and change their password, that's all. If there is a chance to regenerate the lost password by e-mail, then remove their e-mail too. Or just change their password to "xyz", log in under their username, go to preferences, and click "Delete".
I hope this will lead to better trust and relationships among the LW users.
Thank you!
Though the biggest part of the credit belongs to jackk, for doing the technical work that allowed us to actually establish Eugine's guilt and for helping with the technical process of banning him.
We still don't know. But now there is a precedent for what to do about them, which might act as a deterrent.
Well, there were at least two. [Cite.]
But that individual only targeted me, so I suppose every other mass-downvoter could have been Eugine.