Fair enough. The period when I was suspecting that I was being mass down-voted was relatively short—possibly less than a year. I could have been wrong, or your methods might have been suited for detecting longer term patterns.
Thanks for dealing with Eugene.
His comments showed a strong tendency to oppose empathy—offhand, I can’t think of anyone else at LW who went as far that direction. I’m proposing that anti-empathy attitudes might correlate with willingness to hurt people.
I have mixed feelings about Eugine’s banning, since he was a member with whom I experienced friction more than most, possibly any others outside a short time frame, and I often considered him to be aggressive or uncharitable in his general demeanor to other members, but on the other hand, I considered him to be an occasional source of valuable input.
Although it’s probably an ignoble motivation, I think I’m also influenced by the fact that I still occasionally frequent other sites online where Eugine is likely to still frequent, and the prospect of hearing him, or more likely other reactionaries, complaining about how his banning is a symptom of Less Wrong shutting out reactionary voices, is liable to be obnoxious.
Fair enough. The period when I was suspecting that I was being mass down-voted was relatively short—possibly less than a year. I could have been wrong, or your methods might have been suited for detecting longer term patterns.
Thanks for dealing with Eugene.
His comments showed a strong tendency to oppose empathy—offhand, I can’t think of anyone else at LW who went as far that direction. I’m proposing that anti-empathy attitudes might correlate with willingness to hurt people.
I have mixed feelings about Eugine’s banning, since he was a member with whom I experienced friction more than most, possibly any others outside a short time frame, and I often considered him to be aggressive or uncharitable in his general demeanor to other members, but on the other hand, I considered him to be an occasional source of valuable input.
Although it’s probably an ignoble motivation, I think I’m also influenced by the fact that I still occasionally frequent other sites online where Eugine is likely to still frequent, and the prospect of hearing him, or more likely other reactionaries, complaining about how his banning is a symptom of Less Wrong shutting out reactionary voices, is liable to be obnoxious.