Culturally, it is much easier to block an annoying person and delete a poorly written post on facebook than ban him on Less Wrong. As a general rule, people like being kings in their own small kingdoms instead of being merely citizens in a larger country, that’s why people move to personal blogs. On Less Wrong you are a citizen, you cannot set your rules and impose them onto others and expect that others will simply agree to them.
Culturally, it is much easier to block an annoying person and delete a poorly written post on facebook than ban him on Less Wrong. As a general rule, people like being kings in their own small kingdoms instead of being merely citizens in a larger country, that’s why people move to personal blogs. On Less Wrong you are a citizen, you cannot set your rules and impose them onto others and expect that others will simply agree to them.