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NancyLebovitz comments on Rationality Quotes Thread August 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Jiro 28 August 2015 02:45:37PM 3 points [-]

We don't want to remove the ability to do mass downvoting. If someone posts 100 random Wikipedia articles in the belief that this provides insight, they should be downvoted. What we want to do is remove the ability to do mass downvoting based on the downvoter's motivation. No automated process can detect motivation, so we can't do that without using a moderator.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 28 August 2015 03:16:17PM 2 points [-]

I think someone who makes a huge mistake like posting 100 random Wikipedia articles will be sufficiently downvoted by a number of different people.

This process won't be blocked by limiting how much individuals can downvote.