I don’t know, there’s still something about this post I don’t like, which is that if I showed up and had no context (and in fact I didn’t because I didn’t read the post this is responding to and didn’t realize it was also on the frontpage), my reaction would be “uh, what kind of site is this where personal beef is front and center?” (as it was my actual reaction was “oh, I thought this might be something worth reading, but it’s just Zack beefing with someone again, so I quickly skimmed it, saw more beefing, and then I skipped looking at it closely).
(And just to be super clear, I think it’s quite reasonable to post this on LessWrong, just personally for me I don’t like that it ended up on the frontpage, which is what I’m registering here, even if that ends up being inconsistent with the mod team’s promotion principles.)
I think it’s appropriate for some ppl to be alarmed that this can happen to you here. And I agree it’s sad for ppl to be openly hostile to others in an ongoing way (tbc I think the quote of Duncan‘s in the OP is this more than anything in the rest of the OP by Zack.).
I don’t know, there’s still something about this post I don’t like, which is that if I showed up and had no context (and in fact I didn’t because I didn’t read the post this is responding to and didn’t realize it was also on the frontpage), my reaction would be “uh, what kind of site is this where personal beef is front and center?” (as it was my actual reaction was “oh, I thought this might be something worth reading, but it’s just Zack beefing with someone again, so I quickly skimmed it, saw more beefing, and then I skipped looking at it closely).
(And just to be super clear, I think it’s quite reasonable to post this on LessWrong, just personally for me I don’t like that it ended up on the frontpage, which is what I’m registering here, even if that ends up being inconsistent with the mod team’s promotion principles.)
I think it’s appropriate for some ppl to be alarmed that this can happen to you here. And I agree it’s sad for ppl to be openly hostile to others in an ongoing way (tbc I think the quote of Duncan‘s in the OP is this more than anything in the rest of the OP by Zack.).