My intuition is that if you are about to make a comment for which you expect negative karma, nearly all of the time you should instead choose one of:
a) send the comment in a private communication
b) expand your comment with a more clear explanation of where you’re coming from
c) make your comment into a top-level post (or posts if the idea needs introduction) complete with your arguments and reasoning for all to learn from without the miscommunication perils of quick comments
d) refrain from commenting
Sure, I’d bet there are exceptions, but making plenty of comments for which you expect negative karma? Strikes me as off. Pros: you can comment faster and more often since you don’t need to thoroughly explain yourself, and since you don’t need to prune as many threads. Cons: negative karma presumably means readers would rather have not read what you wrote, which is a bad sign unless maybe it’s a topic that you feel will actually improve their lives even without sufficient explanation, even when after reading it they decide they wish they hadn’t.
That last bit? Sure, maybe it happens, sometimes… maybe.
Cons: negative karma presumably means readers would rather have not read what you wrote, which is a bad sign unless maybe it’s a topic that you feel will actually improve their lives even without sufficient explanation, even when after reading it they decide they wish they hadn’t.
Not necessarily. You can, for example, make comments that you expect to improve the lives of a majority despite the displeasure of a majority.
My intuition is that if you are about to make a comment for which you expect negative karma, nearly all of the time you should instead choose one of: a) send the comment in a private communication b) expand your comment with a more clear explanation of where you’re coming from c) make your comment into a top-level post (or posts if the idea needs introduction) complete with your arguments and reasoning for all to learn from without the miscommunication perils of quick comments d) refrain from commenting
Sure, I’d bet there are exceptions, but making plenty of comments for which you expect negative karma? Strikes me as off. Pros: you can comment faster and more often since you don’t need to thoroughly explain yourself, and since you don’t need to prune as many threads. Cons: negative karma presumably means readers would rather have not read what you wrote, which is a bad sign unless maybe it’s a topic that you feel will actually improve their lives even without sufficient explanation, even when after reading it they decide they wish they hadn’t.
That last bit? Sure, maybe it happens, sometimes… maybe.
Not necessarily. You can, for example, make comments that you expect to improve the lives of a majority despite the displeasure of a majority.