Well, blogs do have administrators, who hold a similar authority. I believe Eliezer has banned several people from LW for making only poor quality or trollish posts, for instance.
anyone can make such requests—but only in response to breaking certain social norms without a good excuse.
Well, yes, anyone can make such requests, just like I can request that LW commentors refrain from using the word “the” because I find it incredibly offensive. The point is that it isn’t a reasonable request. If someone’s violated enough of the community norms to be banned, that’s a matter for the administrator, but that’s different than an individual requesting “please don’t reply to my comments in a public discussion forum” as if it were comparable to “please don’t email or call me.”
Well, blogs do have administrators, who hold a similar authority. I believe Eliezer has banned several people from LW for making only poor quality or trollish posts, for instance.
Well, yes, anyone can make such requests, just like I can request that LW commentors refrain from using the word “the” because I find it incredibly offensive. The point is that it isn’t a reasonable request. If someone’s violated enough of the community norms to be banned, that’s a matter for the administrator, but that’s different than an individual requesting “please don’t reply to my comments in a public discussion forum” as if it were comparable to “please don’t email or call me.”