Some people did. Some people left for other reasons. One of those reasons was disliking getting downvoted a lot. In one case, it was specifically disliking getting mass-downvoted by Eugine. Which happens to be what you asked for.
(I agree that most people who have left LW have left for reasons other than getting mass-downvoted by Eugine. I hadn’t thought that was under any sort of dispute.)
“Mod-bombed” is strange expression. I find it probable that at least some people left LW because of karma harassment. However my impression stands—what made LW barren is people leaving because it stopped being interesting. But judging by the volume of discussion about particular reasons for leaving, you’d never guess that :-/
Some people did. Some people left for other reasons. One of those reasons was disliking getting downvoted a lot. In one case, it was specifically disliking getting mass-downvoted by Eugine. Which happens to be what you asked for.
(I agree that most people who have left LW have left for reasons other than getting mass-downvoted by Eugine. I hadn’t thought that was under any sort of dispute.)
“Mod-bombed” is strange expression. I find it probable that at least some people left LW because of karma harassment. However my impression stands—what made LW barren is people leaving because it stopped being interesting. But judging by the volume of discussion about particular reasons for leaving, you’d never guess that :-/