In most circumstances this is how I try to approach things. One issue is that the private messaging system on LW2.0 is currently wonky (it works, but not in a way anyone would really want to use).
Another is that I feel like idealized LW culture would hopefully do some kind of “make people feel safe to politely criticize others.” And part of that means that there should be public instances of people criticizing each other in a clear/constructive tone, and people taking the feedback to heart, and people who respond badly getting some pushback and people who respond well getting some kudos and people who try to take advantage of them system (either using “constructive criticism” as a thin veneer to attack people, or using “I accept your feedback!” as a way to dodge responsibility) getting called out… hopefully with an end result of “it actually feels safe to give and receive feedback.”
We’re not there yet (at least, not in all directions across all people on the site), but hopefully can be. In the meanwhile I think Lahwran’s policy is a reasonable middle ground
In most circumstances this is how I try to approach things. One issue is that the private messaging system on LW2.0 is currently wonky (it works, but not in a way anyone would really want to use).
Another is that I feel like idealized LW culture would hopefully do some kind of “make people feel safe to politely criticize others.” And part of that means that there should be public instances of people criticizing each other in a clear/constructive tone, and people taking the feedback to heart, and people who respond badly getting some pushback and people who respond well getting some kudos and people who try to take advantage of them system (either using “constructive criticism” as a thin veneer to attack people, or using “I accept your feedback!” as a way to dodge responsibility) getting called out… hopefully with an end result of “it actually feels safe to give and receive feedback.”
We’re not there yet (at least, not in all directions across all people on the site), but hopefully can be. In the meanwhile I think Lahwran’s policy is a reasonable middle ground
It seems like a reasonable and important experiment to try.
Watch this (all of it): https://vimeo.com/38247060