“EA should cut down its overall level of tone/language policing”.
Strongly agree.
EAs should be more attentive to how motivated reasoning might affect tone / language policing.
You‘re probably more likely to tone / language police criticism of EA rather than praise, and you’re probably less likely to seriously engage with the ideas in the criticism if you are tone / language policing.
I would like to see no change or a slight increase in our amount of overall tone policing. There might be specific forms of tone policing we should have less of, but in general I think civil discourse is one of the main things that make EA functional as a movement.
I agree. I think that it’s incredibly difficult to have civil conversations on the internet, especially about emotionally laden issues like morality/charity.
I feel bad when I write a snotty comment and that gets downvoted, and that has a real impact on me being more likely to write a kind argument in one direction rather than a quick zinger. I am honestly thankful for this feedback on not being a jerk.
“EA should cut down its overall level of tone/language policing”.
Strongly agree.
EAs should be more attentive to how motivated reasoning might affect tone / language policing.
You‘re probably more likely to tone / language police criticism of EA rather than praise, and you’re probably less likely to seriously engage with the ideas in the criticism if you are tone / language policing.
I would like to see no change or a slight increase in our amount of overall tone policing. There might be specific forms of tone policing we should have less of, but in general I think civil discourse is one of the main things that make EA functional as a movement.
I agree. I think that it’s incredibly difficult to have civil conversations on the internet, especially about emotionally laden issues like morality/charity.
I feel bad when I write a snotty comment and that gets downvoted, and that has a real impact on me being more likely to write a kind argument in one direction rather than a quick zinger. I am honestly thankful for this feedback on not being a jerk.