I dislike manipulation in all its forms, even with a positive goal. Probably because it's often deviating toward something else, and even more likely because I feel the kind of situations that can be appeased by manipulation are often situations that will require to be tackled directly one day or another; appeasing with manipulation only delay the moment we have to deal with it. But I can see cases where its useful to delay, and in these cases I would not look negatively at the person doing the manipulation (especially when it's to gain time to let someone cool down. Totally justified to manipulate a little bit, as it's positive for everyone involved).
I don't mind Jens because it's so huge. Not what I see as manipulation, because it require to be hidden somewhat.
Jens' activities are right in the open (at least imo).
