To my eye, there are… an unusual number of new accounts jumping immediately into posting, lately. None of them have Eugine’s trademark style or focus on his preferred topics, however.
I would be unsurprised to find that some of them are Eugine.
There’s an obvious solution, which I propose in a spirit of impartial generosity: Insta-ban any account that downvotes any of my comments :-).
(Horrifically, that might actually be an improvement on the present state of affairs. I hope it’s unnecessary to say that it would still be an absolutely terrible idea, but I’ll say it anyway just in case.)
I am keeping an eye on the individuals, at any rate. It will be interesting if he’s adopting a new tactic of -not- talking about the same tired talking points. It would suggest a level of cleverness he thus far has not demonstrated.
And once we get the tools in place to start tracking downvote patterns, that game will be up, too.
To my eye, there are… an unusual number of new accounts jumping immediately into posting, lately. None of them have Eugine’s trademark style or focus on his preferred topics, however.
I would be unsurprised to find that some of them are Eugine.
There’s an obvious solution, which I propose in a spirit of impartial generosity: Insta-ban any account that downvotes any of my comments :-).
(Horrifically, that might actually be an improvement on the present state of affairs. I hope it’s unnecessary to say that it would still be an absolutely terrible idea, but I’ll say it anyway just in case.)
I am keeping an eye on the individuals, at any rate. It will be interesting if he’s adopting a new tactic of -not- talking about the same tired talking points. It would suggest a level of cleverness he thus far has not demonstrated.
And once we get the tools in place to start tracking downvote patterns, that game will be up, too.
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