I don’t see problems with these two statements being jointly true provided the “good thing” in (1) is understood as a mild and minor good, and provided the “strong feelings” in (2) are limited to not too many people.
There is also TANSTAAFL. Attempting to control voting patterns will impose costs and some people are already uncomfortable with possible costs.
I agree that trying to control voting patterns will have costs. But the question here isn’t whether anyone should be trying to control voting patterns, it’s whether someone with admin responsibility on LW should be taking notice of this affair and making some comment. (Even if the comment is “Oh, for goodness’ sake, grow up and stop bothering yourselves about this unimportant stuff.”.)
I don’t see problems with these two statements being jointly true provided the “good thing” in (1) is understood as a mild and minor good, and provided the “strong feelings” in (2) are limited to not too many people.
There is also TANSTAAFL. Attempting to control voting patterns will impose costs and some people are already uncomfortable with possible costs.
See my comments to TheOtherDave.
I agree that trying to control voting patterns will have costs. But the question here isn’t whether anyone should be trying to control voting patterns, it’s whether someone with admin responsibility on LW should be taking notice of this affair and making some comment. (Even if the comment is “Oh, for goodness’ sake, grow up and stop bothering yourselves about this unimportant stuff.”.)