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shminux comments on [moderator action] Eugine_Nier is now banned for mass downvote harassment - Less Wrong Discussion
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Just wanted to note that giving Eugine -20,000 karma penalty (effectively a 3-year no-voting sentence) instead of the permanent ban (a forum equivalent of the capital punishment) would have worked so much better and is probably trivial to implement. And you guys who upvote the OP for more than simply outing the perp are effectively supporting incompetence. How disappointing.
I want to have someone at LW that moderating and who has the authority to make moderation decisions. Even if I might have done things differently, I'm very grateful that Kaj takes the role of moderating.
I think supporting mild competence is an important step on the path to supporting actual competence. This is a LOT better than the doing nothing that was going on for months even if it was the sub-optimal solution.
We all agree that mild competence is better than none at all. That doesn't explain why shminux's comment has received downvotes.
Eh? The expected result of punishing/insulting people for doing something is people doing nothing.
And the expected result of never pointing out when things can be done better is people doing things incompetently.
There's a difference between attacking a person and suggesting an alternative course of action for them to take.
Shminux was suggesting a different course to Kaj but attacking people who upvoted the OP.
I upvoted this, but I think it's reasonable to "support" incompetence. Nobody's perfect, and Kaj seems far better than the default.