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space_cadet

02:08

knock knock

Bruce Connor

hey

space_cadet

whats up

just wanted to bitch about moderator actions

Bruce Connor

not much

any moderator in particular?

space_cadet

I think we both know who I'm talking about

but to be clear, I mean Noldorin

Bruce Connor

Well, I'm just another user. But I do think we are being a little harsh on questions in general...

but I don't think it's right of noldorin to go against a community vote =/

space_cadet

02:12

Not "we". My efforts since I joined the site have been to give people broad leeway in asking and answering questions

Bruce Connor

yes

space_cadet

and yes. it is not. i'm having an interesting exchange with noldorin in the comments thread of that question

Bruce Connor

by "we" I mean "the site"

I'll take a look

space_cadet

by "we" I mean the non-moderators. I think things will change once we have elections

Bruce Connor

I hope so

space_cadet

02:15

The first batch was appointed on an ad hoc basis, since the site was in its infancy. Some, not all, of these appointees are exemplary.

Bruce Connor

I'm not sure if the community is large enough for the elections to matter

I can barely think of a dozen users I see frequently around here

space_cadet

that is all you need to have a consensus

Bruce Connor

yeah

space_cadet

though i haven't analyzed an ising-model with 12 voters to confirm this ;)

Bruce Connor

but if you have 12 prople voting wisely
and 100 voting blindly...

the result will mostly be random :-)

space_cadet

02:17

Nope. The reasons elections work is because the noise on the left cancels the noise on the right, leaving the sensible middle

Assuming no one party has an outsize influence

Bruce Connor

Lets hope so :-)

space_cadet

Let us indeed. Hope and Change. lol

Bruce Connor

yeah

he really shouldn't have said that

space_cadet

Load. Aim at your own foot. Fire.

Bruce Connor

whenever these elections happen

just remember to link to that question

space_cadet

02:27

I don't think that will be necessary

Physicists have robust memories

in any case. on to the next topic of conversation

Bruce Connor

shoot

space_cadet

you're from brazil? and is your name really bruce connor?

of course you don't have to answer either one of those. its just that I wish I could be in Brazil and your name sounds really cool - like something from terminator 2 ;)

Bruce Connor

Yes I am

but no it's not

It's just a nick left over from my gaming history

space_cadet

lol. i see

Bruce Connor

and I assume your name is not space_cadet ;-)

lol

space_cadet

02:36

hah. no of course not

well i have to peace out for now. so ... peace, out

Bruce Connor

<o/

2 hours later…

inflector

05:00

@BruceConnor "I completely agree that the asker was just another ask-and-run user" - that may be precisely because his question was closed for no real good reason IMHO. That wouldn't keep me around it that is what happened to me. We're on the same page about the validity of the question, for certain.

I meant "if that is what happened to me"

5 hours later…

Kostya

09:46

Well, concerning the question I think that it deserves closing for the mentioned reasons. Also I think that all the fuss around it is purely populistic (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populism). But I completely disagree that moderator can close it without any explanations even after it was reopened by voting.

2 hours later…

Bruce Connor

11:24

@Kostya Yeah, it is OK if the community (as in, 5 different people) recloses a reopened question. But a moderator really shouldn't reclose it by himself. =/

I'll leave it alone for now. I'm not bothered that people disagree with me, people can vote to close all they want. But when a mod closes the same question twice, I think he's taking it personally (IMHO).

And there's nothing wrong with the first time he closed. Mods are supposed to act quick on the early stages of the site, so they are forced to judge in a matter of minutes. But closing it a second time after it was opened by community vote, that's just stubborness.