I’d love to see the option to disable comments on your posts.
If people have really important feedback on the post, they can share it via DM (which I feel is the default in professional spaces and small communities, but regrettably maybe isn’t here, it’s hard to tell). Or if they feel the need to discuss it publicly, they can make their own shortform/post. But this option would allow the bar for public criticism to sometimes be raised when posters feel they can’t face the negativity.
I feel like a lot of people on this forum get angry and suspicious at proposals to reduce incentives to publicly criticise each other, but I really think they underestimate the toll it often takes on the criticised. And in some cases they know but they forget—I’ve seen EAs who’ve commented in the past about how scared they are to post on here enthusiastically join in with some of the recent pile-ons.
I also think comments sections lose us a lot of visitors as well as creators—comments generally feel like more ‘nitpicky’ places than posts (i.e. the ratio of expressions of annoyance to useful information feels higher in comments sections).
I’d love to see the option to disable comments on your posts.
If people have really important feedback on the post, they can share it via DM (which I feel is the default in professional spaces and small communities, but regrettably maybe isn’t here, it’s hard to tell). Or if they feel the need to discuss it publicly, they can make their own shortform/post. But this option would allow the bar for public criticism to sometimes be raised when posters feel they can’t face the negativity.
I feel like a lot of people on this forum get angry and suspicious at proposals to reduce incentives to publicly criticise each other, but I really think they underestimate the toll it often takes on the criticised. And in some cases they know but they forget—I’ve seen EAs who’ve commented in the past about how scared they are to post on here enthusiastically join in with some of the recent pile-ons.
I also think comments sections lose us a lot of visitors as well as creators—comments generally feel like more ‘nitpicky’ places than posts (i.e. the ratio of expressions of annoyance to useful information feels higher in comments sections).