I think the point was distinguishing between reasonable and unreasonable replies to people you value communication with. All else being equal—in the event using such a word doesn’t move them from out of the reasonable category for you—a preference is being given for not doing these things.
(I still do similar things with people who value it, because I know people who enjoy talking about language, but otherwise I don’t find it as time effective as ‘Don’t Feed The Trolls’, though this tends to be easier said than done, and communicating with people who have poor epistemic/conversational, etc. standards can be difficult (due to inferential distance, or other priorities) - some people go on about today being a ‘post-truth’ era, because they’ve talked to too many people who just don’t care about truth. There’s a feeling you get when you walk away from a discussion knowing that neither of you got anything out of it, and communication didn’t take place. Relatedlinks.)
Following this post’s policy can increase the utility of reasonable people you talk to, and I find that useful because I value reasonable discussion.
I think the point was distinguishing between reasonable and unreasonable replies to people you value communication with. All else being equal—in the event using such a word doesn’t move them from out of the reasonable category for you—a preference is being given for not doing these things.
(I still do similar things with people who value it, because I know people who enjoy talking about language, but otherwise I don’t find it as time effective as ‘Don’t Feed The Trolls’, though this tends to be easier said than done, and communicating with people who have poor epistemic/conversational, etc. standards can be difficult (due to inferential distance, or other priorities) - some people go on about today being a ‘post-truth’ era, because they’ve talked to too many people who just don’t care about truth. There’s a feeling you get when you walk away from a discussion knowing that neither of you got anything out of it, and communication didn’t take place. Related links.)
Following this post’s policy can increase the utility of reasonable people you talk to, and I find that useful because I value reasonable discussion.