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Re: Attack of the Downvote Bots

by Anonymous Monk
on Jul 31, 2001 at 06:56 UTC ( [id://101046]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Attack of the Downvote Bots

Unlike the personality voting that merlyn and tilly talk about from time to time, Sierra's posts were routinely voted down strictly for content:

  • It appeared racist and/or discriminatory; this is the 21st Century. Wake up and smell the Millenium.
  • He wouldn't take the hint.
  • He wouldn't listen to reason and just shut up.
  • He drove away someone who knows a helluva lot more about Perl than he ever will.
  • He kept prying into business that wasn't his.
  • He wouldn't stop going on about it, even though it was clear that others weren't appreciating the thread as much as he was.
  • He never apologized to Abigail.

Sierra dug his own grave; he wasn't systematically bot-voted. If he lost a level over the whole thing, he did it the old fashioned way; he "un-earned" it.

IMO, the thread got what it deserved. Now, can we PLEASE stop going on about it? Can we PLEASE move on? Would someone PLEASE come up with something new to discuss?

I'm really sorry Abigail's gone; I'm less sorry that Sierra's taking a hiatus. I hope both return, with the latter realizing that this isn't PsychMonks.

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