I’ve found the statement “that does not seem obvious to me” to be quite useful in getting people to explain themselves without making them feel challenged. It’s among my list of “magic phrases” which I’m considering compiling at posting at some point.
This seems like a good premise for a post inviting people to contribute their own “magic phrases”. Sadly, I’ve used up my Discussion Post powers by making an idle low-quality post about weird alliances last week. I now need to rest in my crypt for a week or so until people forget about it.
I’ve used up my Discussion Post powers [...] I now need to rest in my crypt [...]
OK, I’m confused. (Probably because I’m missing a joke.) Reading the above in isolation I’d take it as indicating that you posted something that got you a big ball o’ negative karma, which brought you below some threshold that meant you couldn’t post to Discussion any more.
Except that your “weird alliances” post is at +7, and your total karma is over 4k, and your last-30-days karma is over 200, and none of your posts or comments in the last week or so is net negative, and those are all very respectable numbers and surely don’t disqualify anyone from doing anything.
So, as I say, I seem to be missing a joke. Oh well.
Making non-trivial posts carries psychological costs that I feel quite acutely. I would love to be able to plough through this (c.f. Comfort Zone Expansion) by making a lot of non-trivial posts.
Unfortunately, making non-trivial posts also carries time costs that I feel quite acutely. I have quite fastidious editorial standards that make writing anything quite time-consuming (you would be alarmed at how much time I’ve spent writing this response), and this is compounded by engaging in long, sticky discussions.
The Weird Alliances post was an attempt to write something quickly to lower standards, and as a result it was of lower quality than I would have liked. This made the psychological cost greater. I’ve yet to figure out how to unknot this perverse trade-off between psychological and time costs, but it means I would prefer to space out making posts.
I’ve found the statement “that does not seem obvious to me” to be quite useful in getting people to explain themselves without making them feel challenged. It’s among my list of “magic phrases” which I’m considering compiling at posting at some point.
Looking forward to this.
Magic phrases please?
This seems like a good premise for a post inviting people to contribute their own “magic phrases”. Sadly, I’ve used up my Discussion Post powers by making an idle low-quality post about weird alliances last week. I now need to rest in my crypt for a week or so until people forget about it.
OK, I’m confused. (Probably because I’m missing a joke.) Reading the above in isolation I’d take it as indicating that you posted something that got you a big ball o’ negative karma, which brought you below some threshold that meant you couldn’t post to Discussion any more.
Except that your “weird alliances” post is at +7, and your total karma is over 4k, and your last-30-days karma is over 200, and none of your posts or comments in the last week or so is net negative, and those are all very respectable numbers and surely don’t disqualify anyone from doing anything.
So, as I say, I seem to be missing a joke. Oh well.
Making non-trivial posts carries psychological costs that I feel quite acutely. I would love to be able to plough through this (c.f. Comfort Zone Expansion) by making a lot of non-trivial posts.
Unfortunately, making non-trivial posts also carries time costs that I feel quite acutely. I have quite fastidious editorial standards that make writing anything quite time-consuming (you would be alarmed at how much time I’ve spent writing this response), and this is compounded by engaging in long, sticky discussions.
The Weird Alliances post was an attempt to write something quickly to lower standards, and as a result it was of lower quality than I would have liked. This made the psychological cost greater. I’ve yet to figure out how to unknot this perverse trade-off between psychological and time costs, but it means I would prefer to space out making posts.
Ah, OK, understood. Best of luck with the unknotting. (I’d offer advice, but I have much the same problem myself.)