I’ve been thinking about this thread as well as discourse norms generally. After additional thought, I’ve updated that I responded poorly throughout this thread and misjudged quite a few things. I think I felt disproportionately attacked by Zack’s initial comment (perhaps because I haven’t been active enough online to ever receive a direct combative comment like that one), and after that I was biased to view subsequent comments as more antagonistic than they probably were.
Zack’s comments contain some reasonable and valuable points. I think they could be written better to let the good points be readily be seen (content, structure, and tone), but notwithstanding it’s probably on the whole good that Zack contributed them, including the first one as written.
The above update makes me also update towards more caution around norms which dictate how one communicates. I think it probably would be bad if there’d been norms I could have invoked to punish or silence when I felt upset with Zack and Zack’s comments. (This isn’t a final statement of my thoughts, just an interim update, as I continue to think more carefully about this topic.)
So lastly, I’m sorry @Zack. I shouldn’t have responded quite as I did, and I regret that I did. I apologize for the stress and aggravation that I am responsible for causing you.. Thank you for contributions and persistence. Maybe we’ll have some better exchanges in the future!?
Some Updates and an Apology:
I’ve been thinking about this thread as well as discourse norms generally. After additional thought, I’ve updated that I responded poorly throughout this thread and misjudged quite a few things. I think I felt disproportionately attacked by Zack’s initial comment (perhaps because I haven’t been active enough online to ever receive a direct combative comment like that one), and after that I was biased to view subsequent comments as more antagonistic than they probably were.
Zack’s comments contain some reasonable and valuable points. I think they could be written better to let the good points be readily be seen (content, structure, and tone), but notwithstanding it’s probably on the whole good that Zack contributed them, including the first one as written.
The above update makes me also update towards more caution around norms which dictate how one communicates. I think it probably would be bad if there’d been norms I could have invoked to punish or silence when I felt upset with Zack and Zack’s comments. (This isn’t a final statement of my thoughts, just an interim update, as I continue to think more carefully about this topic.)
So lastly, I’m sorry @Zack. I shouldn’t have responded quite as I did, and I regret that I did. I apologize for the stress and aggravation that I am responsible for causing you.. Thank you for contributions and persistence. Maybe we’ll have some better exchanges in the future!?
I accept your apology.
Thank you.