I’m sorry to be so blunt, but why do you keep posting to Main material that clearly belongs in Discussion even after having been told not to do so repeatedly in the past?
Troll tax gladly paid… (and there being a troll tax at all is something I wish were otherwise).
I wish Phil had more leeway. One reason my visits to LW have been decreasing is that it has few people saying actually interesting things and lots of people who just quibble with details. Phil is someone I recognize whose content I seek out based on his personal reputation with myself for saying insightful things grounded in deep experience. If he posted more and more regularly, treating Main more like his own personal blog, there is a non-trivial chance I’d come back more often just to read it.
I did post this to Discussion. And, I’m sorry to be so blunt, but why do you expect me to take orders from someone named Username with a total karma of 720? I’ve been a significant contributor to this site, and you have not. Go police somebody else.
I think that only makes it worse. But thanks. You could say that anonymous criticism benefits both parties by enabling criticism without causing a social rift. But you could also say it removes any penalty for making criticism, which incentivizes strategic harassment. And trying to enforce social norms seems especially to me to be something that shouldn’t be done anonymously—norms should be enforced by people with some standing, to avoid unstable norms; and a person speaking out for a true group norm should feel less need to be anonymous.
I’m sorry to be so blunt, but why do you keep posting to Main material that clearly belongs in Discussion even after having been told not to do so repeatedly in the past?
Troll tax gladly paid… (and there being a troll tax at all is something I wish were otherwise).
I wish Phil had more leeway. One reason my visits to LW have been decreasing is that it has few people saying actually interesting things and lots of people who just quibble with details. Phil is someone I recognize whose content I seek out based on his personal reputation with myself for saying insightful things grounded in deep experience. If he posted more and more regularly, treating Main more like his own personal blog, there is a non-trivial chance I’d come back more often just to read it.
I did post this to Discussion. And, I’m sorry to be so blunt, but why do you expect me to take orders from someone named Username with a total karma of 720? I’ve been a significant contributor to this site, and you have not. Go police somebody else.
(paying a karma toll for this)
The username “Username” with password “password” can be used by anyone wishing to stay anonymous.
I think that only makes it worse. But thanks. You could say that anonymous criticism benefits both parties by enabling criticism without causing a social rift. But you could also say it removes any penalty for making criticism, which incentivizes strategic harassment. And trying to enforce social norms seems especially to me to be something that shouldn’t be done anonymously—norms should be enforced by people with some standing, to avoid unstable norms; and a person speaking out for a true group norm should feel less need to be anonymous.