Thanks Said. As you know, I have little interest in this discussion with you, as we have litigated it many times.
Please don’t respond further to my comments. I am still thinking about this, but I will likely issue you a proper ban in the next few days. You will probably have an opportunity to say some final words if you desire.
The only reason—the only reason!—why a simple question ended up leading to a three-digit-comment-count “meta” discussion about “moderation norms” and so on, was because you started that discussion. You, personally. If you had just done literally nothing at all, it would have been completely fine. A simple question would’ve been asked and then answered. Some productive follow-up discussion would’ve taken place. And that’s all.
Look, this just feels like a kind of crazy catch-22. I weak-downvoted a comment, and answered a question you asked about why someone would downvote your comment. I was not responsible for anything but a small fraction of the relevant votes, nor do I consider any blame to have fallen upon me when honestly explaining my case for a weak-downvote. I did not start anything. You asked a question, I answered it, trying to be helpful in understanding where the votes came from.
It really is extremely predictable that if you ask a question about why a thing was downvoted, that you will get a meta conversation about what is appropriate on the site and what is not.
But again, please, let this rest. Find some other place to be. I am very likely the only moderator for this site that you are going to get, and as you seem to think my moderation is cause for much of your bad experiences, there is little hope in that changing for you. You are not going to change my mind in the 701st hour of comment thread engagement, if you didn’t succeed in the first 700.
Thanks Said. As you know, I have little interest in this discussion with you, as we have litigated it many times.
Please don’t respond further to my comments. I am still thinking about this, but I will likely issue you a proper ban in the next few days. You will probably have an opportunity to say some final words if you desire.
Look, this just feels like a kind of crazy catch-22. I weak-downvoted a comment, and answered a question you asked about why someone would downvote your comment. I was not responsible for anything but a small fraction of the relevant votes, nor do I consider any blame to have fallen upon me when honestly explaining my case for a weak-downvote. I did not start anything. You asked a question, I answered it, trying to be helpful in understanding where the votes came from.
It really is extremely predictable that if you ask a question about why a thing was downvoted, that you will get a meta conversation about what is appropriate on the site and what is not.
But again, please, let this rest. Find some other place to be. I am very likely the only moderator for this site that you are going to get, and as you seem to think my moderation is cause for much of your bad experiences, there is little hope in that changing for you. You are not going to change my mind in the 701st hour of comment thread engagement, if you didn’t succeed in the first 700.