Posted by Minnie-Haha on May 25, 2005, at 21:18:23
In reply to Re: Dealing with trolls » Minnie-Haha, posted by crushedout on May 25, 2005, at 20:05:49
> No, we're not agreeing because I'm saying that the principle you're talking about only applies when you successfully *stop* all reinforcement. At *that* point, if there has been intermittent reinforcement beforehand, the behavior does not extinguish as easily. But we are positing a situation where we can never stop all reinforcement because we can't get everyone on the site to agree to do that. thus, the fact that reinforcement is intermittent has no negative consequences, and may in fact be preferable.
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> make sense?OK. I think I understand what you're saying now. I haven't thought it over enough to say if I agree or not, but I can definitely see the difference in what you're saying. Thanks.
Minnie
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