I agree with entirelyuseless in that I endorse banning advancedatheist because he had a long string of low-quality posting
Do you have any idea how many LW users that would apply to? Come to think of it, looking through polymathwannabe’s recent history the highest quality content appears to be the open threads he initiates.
Do you have any idea how many LW users that would apply to?
This illustrates the effect size of the action. It’s one of a few things that seem to me to have the potential of changing the current situation, although it’s likely useless on its own, and it’s not obvious whether the change would be for the better. A few years ago I maintained a list of users whose comments I was subscribed to (via rss), and two other lists, marked “toxic” and “clueless”. Getting rid of those users might make lesswrong a better place, if it won’t scare away the rest.
I don’t see a certainty in this. Policies have downsides. It’s not clear how significant a bit of systematic injustice and bias would be compared to the other effects.
Do you have any idea how many LW users that would apply to? Come to think of it, looking through polymathwannabe’s recent history the highest quality content appears to be the open threads he initiates.
This illustrates the effect size of the action. It’s one of a few things that seem to me to have the potential of changing the current situation, although it’s likely useless on its own, and it’s not obvious whether the change would be for the better. A few years ago I maintained a list of users whose comments I was subscribed to (via rss), and two other lists, marked “toxic” and “clueless”. Getting rid of those users might make lesswrong a better place, if it won’t scare away the rest.
I’m much more tolerant of clueless than toxic, but even then there is a limit.
It would certainly be for the worse if the banning was selectively enforced based on whether the mod in question liked the opinion being expressed.
I don’t see a certainty in this. Policies have downsides. It’s not clear how significant a bit of systematic injustice and bias would be compared to the other effects.