If by “respond to the downvoting in kind” you mean something like “start downvoting articles that we think have negative net contribution to the Less Wrong community because they encourage harmful attitudes”, then you should be doing that and there’s nothing cartel-like about it.
Agreed. You should already be doing that. I routinely downvote comments that I think are harmful to Less Wrong. Isn’t that basically what voting is for?
Agreed. You should already be doing that. I routinely downvote comments that I think are harmful to Less Wrong. Isn’t that basically what voting is for?