I intend to strong downvote any article about EA that someone posts on here that they themselves have no positive takes on.
If I post an article, I have some reason I liked it. Even a single line. Being critical isn’t enough on it’s own. If someone posts an article, without a single quote they like, with the implication it’s a bad article, I am minded to strong downvote so that noone else has to waste their time on it.
What do you make of this post? I’ve been trying to understand the downvotes. I find it valuable in the same way that I would have found it valuable if a friend had sent me it in a DM without context, or if someone had quote tweeted it with a line like ‘Prominent YouTuber shares her take on FHI closing down’.
I find posts like this useful because it’s valuable to see what external critics are saying about EA. This helps me either a) learn from their critiques or b) rebut their critiques. Even if they are bad critiques and/or I don’t think it’s worth my time rebutting them, I think I should be aware of them because it’s valuable to understand how others perceive the movement I am connected to. I think this is the same for other Forum users. This being the case, according to the Forum’s guidance on voting, I think I should upvote them. As Lizka says here, a summary is appreciated but isn’t necessary. A requirement to include a summary or an explanation also imposes a (small) cost on the poster, thus reducing the probability they post. But I think you feel differently?
I intend to strong downvote any article about EA that someone posts on here that they themselves have no positive takes on.
If I post an article, I have some reason I liked it. Even a single line. Being critical isn’t enough on it’s own. If someone posts an article, without a single quote they like, with the implication it’s a bad article, I am minded to strong downvote so that noone else has to waste their time on it.
What do you make of this post? I’ve been trying to understand the downvotes. I find it valuable in the same way that I would have found it valuable if a friend had sent me it in a DM without context, or if someone had quote tweeted it with a line like ‘Prominent YouTuber shares her take on FHI closing down’.
I find posts like this useful because it’s valuable to see what external critics are saying about EA. This helps me either a) learn from their critiques or b) rebut their critiques. Even if they are bad critiques and/or I don’t think it’s worth my time rebutting them, I think I should be aware of them because it’s valuable to understand how others perceive the movement I am connected to. I think this is the same for other Forum users. This being the case, according to the Forum’s guidance on voting, I think I should upvote them. As Lizka says here, a summary is appreciated but isn’t necessary. A requirement to include a summary or an explanation also imposes a (small) cost on the poster, thus reducing the probability they post. But I think you feel differently?