It would probably require the community stopping feeding the ugly little lump.
We don’t approve of that kind of language used against anyone considered to be of our in-group, no matter how weird they might act. Please delete this.
That is, I would expect a comment of which the Hivemind strongly disapproves to accumulate a negative score over a month-plus.
That’s what I’d expect, as well, though I wish it weren’t so. I usually try to make the effort to upvote or downvote comments based on how informative, well-written, and well-reasoned they are, not whether I agree with them or not (with the exception of poll-style comments). Of course, just because I try to do this, doesn’t mean that I succeed...
For what it’s worth, I agree. Will’s kind of awesome, in a weird way. (Though my first reaction was “Wait, just our in-group? That’s groupist!”) But I’m not nearly as confident in my model of what others approve or disapprove of.
We don’t approve of that kind of language used against anyone considered to be of our in-group, no matter how weird they might act. Please delete this.
Do you normally refer to yourselves as ‘we’? I never noticed that before. (Witty, though.)
Nope, I’m simply being confident that the vast majority of the LW community stands with me here.
(Well, in a sense, it is the Less Wrong Hivemind speaking through me here, so yes, It refers to Itself as “we”.)
Ah. In that case, I have to ask how you explain the vote totals?
That is, I would expect a comment of which the Hivemind strongly disapproves to accumulate a negative score over a month-plus.
Edit: Uh, not sure what the downvote’s for...? I mean no offence.
Vote totals don’t mean what you think they mean.
This is actually a good point! I stand corrected.
That’s what I’d expect, as well, though I wish it weren’t so. I usually try to make the effort to upvote or downvote comments based on how informative, well-written, and well-reasoned they are, not whether I agree with them or not (with the exception of poll-style comments). Of course, just because I try to do this, doesn’t mean that I succeed...
Most people often just don’t notice a comment deep in some thread. But if their attention was drawn to it, I say they’d react this way.
For what it’s worth, I agree. Will’s kind of awesome, in a weird way. (Though my first reaction was “Wait, just our in-group? That’s groupist!”) But I’m not nearly as confident in my model of what others approve or disapprove of.