Most of the top comments are “this is a terrible idea and here are the reasons we should never do it”, and his comment is “we can do it sooner than you think, here’s how”.
I get that. But in my book you don’t downvote a comment simply because you don’t agree with it. You downvote a comment because it is poorly argued, makes no sense, or something like that. Clearly, that doesn’t apply to this comment.
Well, the disagreement is on the level of the latter taking completely for granted the point that the former is disagreeing with (i.e. that the ‘troll filter’ is desirable), which could be “poorly argued” from some perspectives, or otherwise seems to fall under the “or something like that” umbrella.
Not a great way, but a small step towards, yes :-)
But the LW-in-reality is some distance away from the LW-as-it-should-be. In practice I see downvotes on the basis of disagreement all the time. This is what is (descriptive) regardless of what people would like to be (normative).
I get that. But in my book you don’t downvote a comment simply because you don’t agree with it. You downvote a comment because it is poorly argued, makes no sense, or something like that. Clearly, that doesn’t apply to this comment.
Well, the disagreement is on the level of the latter taking completely for granted the point that the former is disagreeing with (i.e. that the ‘troll filter’ is desirable), which could be “poorly argued” from some perspectives, or otherwise seems to fall under the “or something like that” umbrella.
Does it surprise you that many people here have books that are different from yours?
This seems like a great way to build echo chambers. “Oh, he dares to hold a different view than mine? Downvote!”
Not a great way, but a small step towards, yes :-)
But the LW-in-reality is some distance away from the LW-as-it-should-be. In practice I see downvotes on the basis of disagreement all the time. This is what is (descriptive) regardless of what people would like to be (normative).