For me there’s a huge difference between these two.
In gdocs I feel like it’s more okay to write “unpolished” comments. I think that’s mostly because the expectations are lower. Polishing my comments takes me 3-5x longer, which often takes away the motivation to comment at all.
In a public forum I worry more about provoking misleading impressions. For instance, in a gdoc shared with people who know me well, I’m not worried that a comment like “AIs might do [complex sequence of actions]” will get people to think that I have weirdly confident views about how the future might play out. In public conversations I’d experience a strong urge to qualify statements like that even though it feels tedious to do so.
For me there’s a huge difference between these two.
In gdocs I feel like it’s more okay to write “unpolished” comments. I think that’s mostly because the expectations are lower. Polishing my comments takes me 3-5x longer, which often takes away the motivation to comment at all.
In a public forum I worry more about provoking misleading impressions. For instance, in a gdoc shared with people who know me well, I’m not worried that a comment like “AIs might do [complex sequence of actions]” will get people to think that I have weirdly confident views about how the future might play out. In public conversations I’d experience a strong urge to qualify statements like that even though it feels tedious to do so.