Check out the discussion at SlateStarCodex about banning Steve Johnson, a time-wasting fellow who wasn’t quite breaking the rules.
SlateStarCodex does not have a karma system, though.On LW, time wasters tend to be downvoted swiftly, so they don’t really waste much time anyway. If someone who’s broadly considered a “time-waster” is nonetheless upvoted, this tells me that what they’re posting is unusually interesting.
SlateStarCodex does not have a karma system, though.On LW, time wasters tend to be downvoted swiftly, so they don’t really waste much time anyway. If someone who’s broadly considered a “time-waster” is nonetheless upvoted, this tells me that what they’re posting is unusually interesting.
In this case AA’s post got downvoted swiftly but still wasted a lot of energy.
You can have a voting ring.