Note, in particular, that @Elizabeth’s “Note from the Sunshine Regiment” (i.e., the moderator judgment on the linked comment) says:
sharing a negative opinion is not in and of itself anti-social.
But as several people have pointed out, this opinion was shared in a way that generated a lot of unnecessary friction. A simple “I think that...” or ”...for me” would have done a great deal to resolve this problem.
This despite the fact that the comment in question was in fact filled with precisely such disclaimers—which the mods simply ignored, writing the moderator judgment as though no such disclaimers were there at all!
The most charitable interpretation I can think of is that Elizabeth meant you should have added “I think that...” or ”...for me” specifically to the line “Also, it comes from CFAR, which is an anti-endorsement.”
But regardless, it seems crazy that your comment was downvoted to −17 (-16 now, someone just upvoted it by 1) and got a negative mod judgment for this.
Crazy indeed. And—as in several other of these example cases—I will note that the author of the post himself evidently had no problem with my comment, and had no difficulty writing a perfectly reasonable reply, which resulted in an entirely civil and productive discussion.
Which makes this yet another example of the pattern where, if the mods had simply left it alone, it would’ve been fine. (Even better would’ve been for them to write something like “yes of course it’s ok to write polite, clearly cooperative, mildly critical comments like this, don’t be silly”, but we can’t expect miracles…)
Note, in particular, that @Elizabeth’s “Note from the Sunshine Regiment” (i.e., the moderator judgment on the linked comment) says:
This despite the fact that the comment in question was in fact filled with precisely such disclaimers—which the mods simply ignored, writing the moderator judgment as though no such disclaimers were there at all!
The most charitable interpretation I can think of is that Elizabeth meant you should have added “I think that...” or ”...for me” specifically to the line “Also, it comes from CFAR, which is an anti-endorsement.”
But regardless, it seems crazy that your comment was downvoted to −17 (-16 now, someone just upvoted it by 1) and got a negative mod judgment for this.
Crazy indeed. And—as in several other of these example cases—I will note that the author of the post himself evidently had no problem with my comment, and had no difficulty writing a perfectly reasonable reply, which resulted in an entirely civil and productive discussion.
Which makes this yet another example of the pattern where, if the mods had simply left it alone, it would’ve been fine. (Even better would’ve been for them to write something like “yes of course it’s ok to write polite, clearly cooperative, mildly critical comments like this, don’t be silly”, but we can’t expect miracles…)