I guess an unstated part of my position is that there’s a limit to how much control a LW user can reasonably expect to have over other users’ commenting, and that if they want more control than my suggested system allows them then they should probably post to their own blog rather than LW. But I get that you (and at least some others) disagree with me, and/or are aware of users who do want more control and are sufficiently valuable to LW to justify catering to their needs in this way. I won’t push the point; thanks for engaging.
(FWIW, my biggest issue with the current system is that it’s not obvious to most readers when people are banned from commenting on a post, and thus some posts could appear to have an exaggerated level of support/absence of good counterarguments from the LW community.)
I guess an unstated part of my position is that there’s a limit to how much control a LW user can reasonably expect to have over other users’ commenting, and that if they want more control than my suggested system allows them then they should probably post to their own blog rather than LW. But I get that you (and at least some others) disagree with me, and/or are aware of users who do want more control and are sufficiently valuable to LW to justify catering to their needs in this way. I won’t push the point; thanks for engaging.
(FWIW, my biggest issue with the current system is that it’s not obvious to most readers when people are banned from commenting on a post, and thus some posts could appear to have an exaggerated level of support/absence of good counterarguments from the LW community.)