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by bcantrill 3735 days ago
Here too we have data that borders on the anecdotal: he comes to conclusions first and then seems to look for data to backfill them. Should, as Garrett suggested, we adopt high water marks on magazines? Perhaps. Would this issue have addressed his situation? Unknown, because (once again) we have an issue that isn't being seen widely, represents suboptimal behavior (in contrast to fatal behavior), and lacks the hard data to be able to allow it to be definitively root-caused. Not a recipe for success, in any community.