I think we already have that norm on Less Wrong—I see lots of replies to old comments in the Recent Comments pane, often creating new trails of discussion months or years after the parent comment. I like it very much.
Judging by the comments on this thread, it seemed that a lot of people still felt guilt, so I assumed that “this is okay” is not a clear community norm, despite the actual behavior being quite common. I wanted to signal boost “I am okay with this, and I strongly suspect so are a lot of people” without lying and claiming I actually knew how the community-at-large felt :)
I think we already have that norm on Less Wrong—I see lots of replies to old comments in the Recent Comments pane, often creating new trails of discussion months or years after the parent comment. I like it very much.
Judging by the comments on this thread, it seemed that a lot of people still felt guilt, so I assumed that “this is okay” is not a clear community norm, despite the actual behavior being quite common. I wanted to signal boost “I am okay with this, and I strongly suspect so are a lot of people” without lying and claiming I actually knew how the community-at-large felt :)