My approach is to notice when I want to say/write “we”, as opposed to “I”, and examine why. That’s why I don’t personally identify as a “LWer” (only as a neutral and factual “forum regular”), despite the potential for warm fuzzies resulting from such an identification.
There is an occasional worthy reason to identify with a specific group, but gender/country/language/race/occupation/sports team are probably not good criteria for such a group.
My approach is to notice when I want to say/write “we”, as opposed to “I”, and examine why. That’s why I don’t personally identify as a “LWer” (only as a neutral and factual “forum regular”), despite the potential for warm fuzzies resulting from such an identification.
There is an occasional worthy reason to identify with a specific group, but gender/country/language/race/occupation/sports team are probably not good criteria for such a group.
Thank you! I’ll look for that.
Here is a typical LW comment that raises the “excessive group identification” red flag for me.