I think LW 1.0 absolutely had a big problem with low-quality criticism, and LW 2.0 doesn’t feel “fully realized” yet so it’s hard to say. But I think low-quality criticism and an IMO bad response to it basically drove the best active user in the early days of LW 2.0 off the site (Duncan_Sabien), so it absolutely strikes me as still a relevant concern.
While there was low quality criticism on LW 1.0 I don’t think it was a place where anybody who was asked to justify their criticism wouldn’t do so.
It doesn’t feel to me like failure to justify criticism when there was a demand was an issue, posters were generally willing to double-down on low quality criticism.
I think LW 1.0 absolutely had a big problem with low-quality criticism, and LW 2.0 doesn’t feel “fully realized” yet so it’s hard to say. But I think low-quality criticism and an IMO bad response to it basically drove the best active user in the early days of LW 2.0 off the site (Duncan_Sabien), so it absolutely strikes me as still a relevant concern.
While there was low quality criticism on LW 1.0 I don’t think it was a place where anybody who was asked to justify their criticism wouldn’t do so.
It doesn’t feel to me like failure to justify criticism when there was a demand was an issue, posters were generally willing to double-down on low quality criticism.