I agree that there ought to be a better system for managing side conversations that aren’t centered around the top-level posts, but I don’t think this is the way. The programmer in me says that this is a hack which would have negative side effects if used, and the evolved tribal instincts in me say that this is a power grab outside the bounds of your status.
“I agree that there ought to be a better system for managing side conversations that aren’t centered around the top-level posts, but I don’t think this is the way.”
Well, what would you recommend? I’m certainly open to suggestions. Or, if you want to build a better system yourself, go right ahead, we’ll all be better off for it. But “the alternative you’re proposing has flaws” does not justify the status quo if the status quo has even more flaws.
“The programmer in me says that this is a hack which would have negative side effects if used,”
Such as?
“and the evolved tribal instincts in me say that this is a power grab outside the bounds of your status.”
Do you even know what my status is? It’s not all that high, but it’s more likely than not that you don’t know, and you shouldn’t presume that people other than you have low status.
and the evolved tribal instincts in me say that this is a power grab outside the bounds of your status.
Do you even know what my status is? It’s not all that high, but it’s more likely than not that you don’t know, and you shouldn’t presume that people other than you have low status.
This remark was mainly in response to this bit:
I retain moderator power over the sub-Reddit, and can delete things and ban people from it. If this gets to be too much work for me, I will be happy to give mod power to other interested Less Wrong readers with a track record of good posts and comments.
By lampshading the fact that you were gaining moderator power, you made it look like a power grab, even if it wasn’t meant to be.
(Was this bit edited? I think I might’ve read a pre-edit version, but have no way to check.)
“By lampshading the fact that you were gaining moderator power, you made it look like a power grab, even if it wasn’t meant to be.”
I’m sorry if I created that impression; I just wanted to convince people that this will not turn into a low-quality unmoderated free-for-all, like what most of Reddit is now. I certainly don’t intend to randomly abuse power, just to ban spam and non-intellectual stuff like lolcats.
I agree that there ought to be a better system for managing side conversations that aren’t centered around the top-level posts, but I don’t think this is the way. The programmer in me says that this is a hack which would have negative side effects if used, and the evolved tribal instincts in me say that this is a power grab outside the bounds of your status.
“I agree that there ought to be a better system for managing side conversations that aren’t centered around the top-level posts, but I don’t think this is the way.”
Well, what would you recommend? I’m certainly open to suggestions. Or, if you want to build a better system yourself, go right ahead, we’ll all be better off for it. But “the alternative you’re proposing has flaws” does not justify the status quo if the status quo has even more flaws.
“The programmer in me says that this is a hack which would have negative side effects if used,”
Such as?
“and the evolved tribal instincts in me say that this is a power grab outside the bounds of your status.”
Do you even know what my status is? It’s not all that high, but it’s more likely than not that you don’t know, and you shouldn’t presume that people other than you have low status.
This remark was mainly in response to this bit:
By lampshading the fact that you were gaining moderator power, you made it look like a power grab, even if it wasn’t meant to be.
(Was this bit edited? I think I might’ve read a pre-edit version, but have no way to check.)
“By lampshading the fact that you were gaining moderator power, you made it look like a power grab, even if it wasn’t meant to be.”
I’m sorry if I created that impression; I just wanted to convince people that this will not turn into a low-quality unmoderated free-for-all, like what most of Reddit is now. I certainly don’t intend to randomly abuse power, just to ban spam and non-intellectual stuff like lolcats.