It’s bad to work on bad things (I haven’t formed an opinion about this topic) but it’s still nice to be polite to your critics. What’s wrong with signalling that you are nice by being polite?
Something like, it gives the appearance of hearing and appreciating the critique, and has positive vibes, potentially gaining credit for responding well and/or making the situation feel resolved on a vibes/drama level, while not actually engaging or credibly promising engagement with the critique.
(I wouldn’t super strongly/confidently accuse Naomi’s comment of this, and I think Habryka’s reply makes a good point (but so does TurnTrout’s reply to it), but I do feel something of what Kabir did and upvoted his comment.)
For a historical example of something like this as part of a pattern of bad acts and engagement, see Gleb Tsipursky as analyzed by Ben Pace here.
It’s bad to work on bad things (I haven’t formed an opinion about this topic) but it’s still nice to be polite to your critics. What’s wrong with signalling that you are nice by being polite?
Something like, it gives the appearance of hearing and appreciating the critique, and has positive vibes, potentially gaining credit for responding well and/or making the situation feel resolved on a vibes/drama level, while not actually engaging or credibly promising engagement with the critique.
(I wouldn’t super strongly/confidently accuse Naomi’s comment of this, and I think Habryka’s reply makes a good point (but so does TurnTrout’s reply to it), but I do feel something of what Kabir did and upvoted his comment.)
For a historical example of something like this as part of a pattern of bad acts and engagement, see Gleb Tsipursky as analyzed by Ben Pace here.