I also didn’t like that section at first, but if you read through it carefully you’ll notice that the language is very nebulous and that Kat doesn’t actually commit to very much. She only really claims that it is true that other people said bad things about Ben, not that she agrees that Ben is bad or that he did something bad. The fact that it sounds so bad I think makes Kat’s point pretty well. Her breakdown/defense of Ben afterwards also does a lot to diffuse the mud-slinging. (That said I would have chosen a different example.)
I think they are true but debatable about whether they are bad and the magnitude of the badness. I think most of the allegations would be scissor statements in the EA community about whether they’re bad and there’d be immense debate as to the magnitude of the badness.
I also know that for all of the accusations, either something is being done about it or the person does not want to do anything more about it, and I am respecting their wishes.
Ok so the allegations are true but might not be bad. I’m trying to picture what this might mean given that the victim regularly bursts into tears on the street. On a ten point badness magnitude scale, where are you pegging it?
Give. Me. A. Break.
In the comments below you say you personally think the allegations you allude to are true. You obviously thought they are worth sharing.
Tbh this alone basically updates me entirely to the position ‘kat woods is a bad actor’ without even reading the previous debate
I also didn’t like that section at first, but if you read through it carefully you’ll notice that the language is very nebulous and that Kat doesn’t actually commit to very much. She only really claims that it is true that other people said bad things about Ben, not that she agrees that Ben is bad or that he did something bad. The fact that it sounds so bad I think makes Kat’s point pretty well. Her breakdown/defense of Ben afterwards also does a lot to diffuse the mud-slinging. (That said I would have chosen a different example.)
I think they are true but debatable about whether they are bad and the magnitude of the badness. I think most of the allegations would be scissor statements in the EA community about whether they’re bad and there’d be immense debate as to the magnitude of the badness.
I also know that for all of the accusations, either something is being done about it or the person does not want to do anything more about it, and I am respecting their wishes.
Ok so the allegations are true but might not be bad. I’m trying to picture what this might mean given that the victim regularly bursts into tears on the street. On a ten point badness magnitude scale, where are you pegging it?