I like giving such comments (though usually I’ll be more specific than “good post”), because I want to socially reward and incentivize things that I think are good contributions to the rationalist project, or that I think enact rationalist virtue somehow.
For instance that might be a post that tells me something I never would have known about the world, or a comment in which someone displays curiosity unusual curiosity instead of hostility.
I feel like these actions are good and right, and ought to be rewarded in our culture, and I guess I want to give positive feedback more than negative.
Basically, if something I read makes me feel either gratitude or pride, I want to let them know.
I like giving such comments (though usually I’ll be more specific than “good post”), because I want to socially reward and incentivize things that I think are good contributions to the rationalist project, or that I think enact rationalist virtue somehow.
For instance that might be a post that tells me something I never would have known about the world, or a comment in which someone displays curiosity unusual curiosity instead of hostility.
I feel like these actions are good and right, and ought to be rewarded in our culture, and I guess I want to give positive feedback more than negative.
Basically, if something I read makes me feel either gratitude or pride, I want to let them know.