It’s a tenet of LessWrong that factual content and emotional valence are separate axes. Or more plainly, disagreeing on a matter of fact never makes you an asshole, but delivery can.
I like the reduced emotionality of LessWrong, but in this case it seems to me that socially excluding someone is inherently hurtful in a way that no website’s social norms can override. And I’m not even convinced that if you could eliminate the sting of sneering entirely that you should. But if you wanted to, how would you recommend someone take actions that cause people to dismiss a comment without being sneering? Or even harder, to dismiss a person entirely?
It’s a tenet of LessWrong that factual content and emotional valence are separate axes. Or more plainly, disagreeing on a matter of fact never makes you an asshole, but delivery can.
I like the reduced emotionality of LessWrong, but in this case it seems to me that socially excluding someone is inherently hurtful in a way that no website’s social norms can override. And I’m not even convinced that if you could eliminate the sting of sneering entirely that you should. But if you wanted to, how would you recommend someone take actions that cause people to dismiss a comment without being sneering? Or even harder, to dismiss a person entirely?