And both strategies are self-destructive. (Seriously, how can somebody who writes and behaves like a fifth grader ever have felt they were sufficiently more rational than other people here, such as to believe that they were in a position to decide who did and did not belong here?)
He erodes the ability of people to credibly signal disagreement with any position he knowably downvotes. I have no idea how many independent people went through and downvoted my post, and my comments in those posts—but I’m going to assume the vast majority of downvotes are from him and his sockpuppet accounts.
Agreed with OrphanWilde, and in the same boat. I have no idea how many people credibly downvoted my post either, which gives me little information about how to optimize my actions.
I get a lot of Eugine downvotes, and it looks to me like he very rarely[2] downvotes any of my comments more than once. My guess is that the same is true of Gleb.
[1]I think the large majority of downvotes I get are from Eugine. Of course it’s hard to be sure, and obviously “all my downvotes come from the deranged mass-downvoter no one pays any attentiont to” is a self-flattering hypothesis...
Agreed that not all downvotes I get are from Eugine. My point is that his downvotes obscure my ability to tell how many are real downvotes and how many are not.
Regarding your other question, I specifically asked for comments, not downvotes. That way, I can check if the user is a Eugine sockpuppet or not.
And both strategies are self-destructive. (Seriously, how can somebody who writes and behaves like a fifth grader ever have felt they were sufficiently more rational than other people here, such as to believe that they were in a position to decide who did and did not belong here?)
He erodes the ability of people to credibly signal disagreement with any position he knowably downvotes. I have no idea how many independent people went through and downvoted my post, and my comments in those posts—but I’m going to assume the vast majority of downvotes are from him and his sockpuppet accounts.
Agreed with OrphanWilde, and in the same boat. I have no idea how many people credibly downvoted my post either, which gives me little information about how to optimize my actions.
Reading some comments on your articles might give you a hint.
Please don’t try this “all downvotes I get are from Eugine”. It’s obviously not true.
I get a lot of Eugine downvotes, and it looks to me like he very rarely[2] downvotes any of my comments more than once. My guess is that the same is true of Gleb.
[1]I think the large majority of downvotes I get are from Eugine. Of course it’s hard to be sure, and obviously “all my downvotes come from the deranged mass-downvoter no one pays any attentiont to” is a self-flattering hypothesis...
[2] Perhaps never? I can’t tell.
I’m happy to report that few of my downvotes come from a single deranged mass-downvoter, but many different mass-downvoters.
Agreed that not all downvotes I get are from Eugine. My point is that his downvotes obscure my ability to tell how many are real downvotes and how many are not.
Regarding your other question, I specifically asked for comments, not downvotes. That way, I can check if the user is a Eugine sockpuppet or not.
I predict that saying “please comment on this rather than downvoting it” will not be effective in reducing how much it is downvoted.
“Owing to Eugine-related downvoting issues, please comment if you downvote this so I can update accurately” would probably work better.
Good point, will post something like that in the future—thanks!