Open thread, September 22-28, 2014

Gunnar_Zarncke

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If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.

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I was pondering the whole mass-downvote kerfuffle a while back, and even though I generally agree with the end result from gut instinct reasoning, I'm struck by the following:

The downvoter had an objective, and rationally used the tool of downvoting to achieve it rather than constraining himself arbitrarily. If HPJEV were a forum-dweller instead of a wizard, he would do the very same.

0Richard_Kennaway12y

Given the strong ethical view that HPJEV takes of lying, that would be grossly against his character. He might also say, as would I, that it's a short step from mass downvoting to what Yvain reports here.

-1lmm12y

Like an amoral capitalist, he revealed flaws in our moderation system that really ought to be addressed in a less ad-hoc way.