Ben Pace purposefully posted this without seeing our evidence first, which I believe is unethical and violates important epistemic norms.
For what it’s worth, I do not view this post as unethical or violating important epistemic norms. [I do think repeating hearsay is unseemly—I would prefer the post written by Alice and Chloe—but I see why Ben is doing it in this case.]
A factor that seems somewhat important to me, and perhaps underlies a major disagreement here, is that I think reputation, while it is about you, is not for you. It’s for the community you’re a part of, so that other people can have accurate expectations of what you’re like; both to help people who will appreciate interacting with you find you and help people who will regret interacting with you avoid you. Trying to manage your reputation is like trying to manage your bank balance: there are a small handful of ethical ways to do it and many unethical ways to do it.
And so the most concerning parts of the post (to me) are the parts where it sounds like you’re trying to suppress negative evidence, and the response from Nonlinear in the comments so far feels like it supports that narrative instead of undermining it.
For what it’s worth, I do not view this post as unethical or violating important epistemic norms. [I do think repeating hearsay is unseemly—I would prefer the post written by Alice and Chloe—but I see why Ben is doing it in this case.]
A factor that seems somewhat important to me, and perhaps underlies a major disagreement here, is that I think reputation, while it is about you, is not for you. It’s for the community you’re a part of, so that other people can have accurate expectations of what you’re like; both to help people who will appreciate interacting with you find you and help people who will regret interacting with you avoid you. Trying to manage your reputation is like trying to manage your bank balance: there are a small handful of ethical ways to do it and many unethical ways to do it.
And so the most concerning parts of the post (to me) are the parts where it sounds like you’re trying to suppress negative evidence, and the response from Nonlinear in the comments so far feels like it supports that narrative instead of undermining it.