What should SI/LW do about this? I think there should be some rules as to when downvoting is allowed. Alternatively I would suggest that there is some betting market, every time you down/upvote something you are making a bet on your karma, so if it later somehow turns out that your bet was “wrong” you will lose karma, but I’m not sure how it would be possible to implement this.
Disallowing rude language, like calling people insane or implying it, etc...(this should be a given but it doesn’t seem to be the case here), unless it is agreed upon(Crocker’s rules).
Given the reception you get here, time and again, consider looking for a more suitable forum for your fringe ideas. Otherwise you will keep finding yourself in this situation.
Alternatively I would suggest that there is some betting market, every time you down/upvote something you are making a bet on your karma, so if it later somehow turns out that your bet was “wrong” you will lose karma, but I’m not sure how it would be possible to implement this.
This is a very interesting statement given that I and others have repeatedly suggested that to get people to listen to you about 9/11 issues you could use Intrade, PredictionBook, Longbets or make a specific bet with someone here.(Example discussion one, example discussion two).
So apparently you want to make other people risk resources but not yourself. Do you see why this sort of attitude is going to prompt downvotes? (And of course, I’m still willing to make a monetary bet along the lines discussed earlier.)
It is just as rude of you to continue to bring up a topic that we have told you time and time again we have made up our minds on and do not wish to consider any further.
I typically am quick to downvote if I see rudeness, but I will always make an exception when it is responding to you bringing up the same topic again with no new information or evidence.
(Note: This is not a request for more “evidence”. I have no interest in whether or not the US government is responsible for 9/11. It is not a helpful use of my time to consider that question as I have nothing to gain from changing my mind, if that were even possible.)
What should SI/LW do about this? I think there should be some rules as to when downvoting is allowed. Alternatively I would suggest that there is some betting market, every time you down/upvote something you are making a bet on your karma, so if it later somehow turns out that your bet was “wrong” you will lose karma, but I’m not sure how it would be possible to implement this.
Disallowing rude language, like calling people insane or implying it, etc...(this should be a given but it doesn’t seem to be the case here), unless it is agreed upon(Crocker’s rules).
Given the reception you get here, time and again, consider looking for a more suitable forum for your fringe ideas. Otherwise you will keep finding yourself in this situation.
This is a very interesting statement given that I and others have repeatedly suggested that to get people to listen to you about 9/11 issues you could use Intrade, PredictionBook, Longbets or make a specific bet with someone here.(Example discussion one, example discussion two).
So apparently you want to make other people risk resources but not yourself. Do you see why this sort of attitude is going to prompt downvotes? (And of course, I’m still willing to make a monetary bet along the lines discussed earlier.)
It is just as rude of you to continue to bring up a topic that we have told you time and time again we have made up our minds on and do not wish to consider any further.
I typically am quick to downvote if I see rudeness, but I will always make an exception when it is responding to you bringing up the same topic again with no new information or evidence.
(Note: This is not a request for more “evidence”. I have no interest in whether or not the US government is responsible for 9/11. It is not a helpful use of my time to consider that question as I have nothing to gain from changing my mind, if that were even possible.)
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