[Note from the Sunshine Regiment] A lot has happened in this thread, I’m going to comment at second-to-top level so this gets as seen as possible while keeping its context.
In a nutshell
Yes, there is an obligation to be prosocial here.
There’s a lot of room for debate on what prosocial means and what trades-offs are worth it. This Guide To Comments is a start but insufficient. We welcome input from people as we figure this out.
I’m really torn on the particular comment “Also, it comes from CFAR, which is an anti-endorsement”. I want it to be as cheap as possible to criticize the in-group on Less Wrong, because so many other forces are making it expensive. So let’s be be very clear that
sharing a negative opinion is not in and of itself anti-social.
But as several people have pointed out, this opinion was shared in a way that generated a lot of unnecessary friction. A simple “I think that...” or ”...for me” would have done a great deal to resolve this problem.
The mod team is in private contact with Said over this issue.
[Note from the Sunshine Regiment] A lot has happened in this thread, I’m going to comment at second-to-top level so this gets as seen as possible while keeping its context.
In a nutshell
Yes, there is an obligation to be prosocial here.
There’s a lot of room for debate on what prosocial means and what trades-offs are worth it. This Guide To Comments is a start but insufficient. We welcome input from people as we figure this out.
I’m really torn on the particular comment “Also, it comes from CFAR, which is an anti-endorsement”. I want it to be as cheap as possible to criticize the in-group on Less Wrong, because so many other forces are making it expensive. So let’s be be very clear that
sharing a negative opinion is not in and of itself anti-social.
But as several people have pointed out, this opinion was shared in a way that generated a lot of unnecessary friction. A simple “I think that...” or ”...for me” would have done a great deal to resolve this problem.
The mod team is in private contact with Said over this issue.