Ruby and I have some disagreements on how important it is to set the flag on moderation posts.
A lot of this is that the set of “all moderation posts” covers a wide range of topics and the potential set “all rate limited users” might include a wide diversity of users, making me reluctant to commit upfront to not rate limits apply blanketly across the board on moderation posts.
The concern about excluding people from conversations that affect whether they get to speak is a valid consideration, but I think there are others too. Chiefly, people are likely rate limited primarily because they get in the way of productive conversation, and in so far as I care about moderation conversations going well, I might want to continue to exclude rate limited users there.
Note that there are ways, albeit with friction, for people to get to weigh in on moderation questions freely. If it seemed necessary, I’d be down with creating special un-rate-limited side-posts for moderation posts.
I am realizing that what seems reasonable here will depend on your conception of rate limits. A couple of conceptions you might have:
You’re currently not producing stuff that meets the bar for LessWrong, but you’re writing a lot, so we’ll rate limit you as a warning with teeth to up your quality.
We would have / are close to banning you, however we think rate limits might serve either as
a sufficient disincentive against the actions we dislike
a restriction that simply stops you getting into unproductive things, e.g. Demon Threads
Regarding 2., a banned user wouldn’t get to participate in moderation discussions either, so under that frame, it’s not clear rate limited users should get to. I guess it really depends if it was more of a warning / light rate ban or something more severe, close to an actual ban.
I can say more here, not exactly a complete thought. Will do so if people are interested.
A lot of this is that the set of “all moderation posts” covers a wide range of topics and the potential set “all rate limited users” might include a wide diversity of users, making me reluctant to commit upfront to not rate limits apply blanketly across the board on moderation posts.
The concern about excluding people from conversations that affect whether they get to speak is a valid consideration, but I think there are others too. Chiefly, people are likely rate limited primarily because they get in the way of productive conversation, and in so far as I care about moderation conversations going well, I might want to continue to exclude rate limited users there.
Note that there are ways, albeit with friction, for people to get to weigh in on moderation questions freely. If it seemed necessary, I’d be down with creating special un-rate-limited side-posts for moderation posts.
I am realizing that what seems reasonable here will depend on your conception of rate limits. A couple of conceptions you might have:
You’re currently not producing stuff that meets the bar for LessWrong, but you’re writing a lot, so we’ll rate limit you as a warning with teeth to up your quality.
We would have / are close to banning you, however we think rate limits might serve either as
a sufficient disincentive against the actions we dislike
a restriction that simply stops you getting into unproductive things, e.g. Demon Threads
Regarding 2., a banned user wouldn’t get to participate in moderation discussions either, so under that frame, it’s not clear rate limited users should get to. I guess it really depends if it was more of a warning / light rate ban or something more severe, close to an actual ban.
I can say more here, not exactly a complete thought. Will do so if people are interested.