Your rhetoric is for dismissing the question as ridiculous. I suggest actually considering the question, and expect that the answer accepted by Konkvistador is wrong on both levels (their contributions don’t seem harmful on net, there are multiple meanings of “harmful” that should be addressed separately with different interventions, and stopping participation entirely doesn’t seem to be the best response to the hypothetical of their contributions being harmful in some of these senses).
(For example, it’s likely that for most posters, there is some aspect of their participation that is harmful, and the appropriate response is to figure out what that aspect is and fix it. So it’s useful to consider these questions.)
My rhetoric is what it is, I’m pissed. Feel free to make an argument for why Konkvistador’s output is on net “harmful”, I will try to consider it properly.
Though naturally we are left at a disadvantage here, since we will likely only ever hear one side of the story. The man himself has probably already scrambled his password or something and won’t be putting up a defence.
My rhetoric is what it is, I’m pissed. Feel free to make an argument for why Konkvistador’s output is on net “harmful”, I will try to consider it properly.
This is not my argument, please re-read the discussion when you calm down.
Your rhetoric is for dismissing the question as ridiculous. I suggest actually considering the question, and expect that the answer accepted by Konkvistador is wrong on both levels (their contributions don’t seem harmful on net, there are multiple meanings of “harmful” that should be addressed separately with different interventions, and stopping participation entirely doesn’t seem to be the best response to the hypothetical of their contributions being harmful in some of these senses).
(For example, it’s likely that for most posters, there is some aspect of their participation that is harmful, and the appropriate response is to figure out what that aspect is and fix it. So it’s useful to consider these questions.)
My rhetoric is what it is, I’m pissed. Feel free to make an argument for why Konkvistador’s output is on net “harmful”, I will try to consider it properly.
Though naturally we are left at a disadvantage here, since we will likely only ever hear one side of the story. The man himself has probably already scrambled his password or something and won’t be putting up a defence.
This is not my argument, please re-read the discussion when you calm down.