While ideas must compete for attention, so too must criticisms. I’ve been lead to believe that, somewhere in this thread, there is a good criticism of the top-level post. I spent some time looking for it, and what I found was a whole lot of miscommunication, criticism of things that don’t quite match what was written, and general muddle. You aren’t just asking Benquo to do a lot of work to avoid those miscommunications, you’re also asking the people who read your comments to do a lot of work to determine whether your comment is based on a miscommunication or not.
Setting too high a bar for criticism creates an echo chamber; but setting too low a bar does too, by obscuring the real arguments in a place where people can’t find them without a lot of whole lot of time.
I am not aware of any miscommunication that took place in my direction. Certainly, there has been misunderstanding of what I said. There has also been a lot of explaining, in detail and at length, on my part. But not so much vice-versa. Could you point out what idea of the OP you think I have misunderstood, and what attempts were made by Benquo to clarify it?
I have linked this post to a number of people, off Less Wrong. None of them had any trouble locating and understanding my criticisms; and I did repeat them several times, in several ways. To be honest, your comment perplexes me.
While ideas must compete for attention, so too must criticisms. I’ve been lead to believe that, somewhere in this thread, there is a good criticism of the top-level post. I spent some time looking for it, and what I found was a whole lot of miscommunication, criticism of things that don’t quite match what was written, and general muddle. You aren’t just asking Benquo to do a lot of work to avoid those miscommunications, you’re also asking the people who read your comments to do a lot of work to determine whether your comment is based on a miscommunication or not.
Setting too high a bar for criticism creates an echo chamber; but setting too low a bar does too, by obscuring the real arguments in a place where people can’t find them without a lot of whole lot of time.
I am not aware of any miscommunication that took place in my direction. Certainly, there has been misunderstanding of what I said. There has also been a lot of explaining, in detail and at length, on my part. But not so much vice-versa. Could you point out what idea of the OP you think I have misunderstood, and what attempts were made by Benquo to clarify it?
I have linked this post to a number of people, off Less Wrong. None of them had any trouble locating and understanding my criticisms; and I did repeat them several times, in several ways. To be honest, your comment perplexes me.