Rohin and Ben provided some examples that updated me upwards a little on critique posts being useful.
I think most of my points are fairly robust to the different definitions you gave so the line isn’t super important to me. This feels a bit nitpicky.
I don’t think that “criticism clearly mattering (e.g. getting someone to significantly improve their project)” is a very specific claim. I think that one of the main responses people would like to see to criticism of a specific project is for that project to change in line with the criticism. Unlike many of the other proposed benefits of criticism, it is a very empirical claim.
It suspect you think that this post should have been closer to “here are some points for and against criticism” on the EA Forum, but I don’t think posts need to be balanced or well-rounded like that, especially because, from my perspective, the forum is too pro-criticism but yeah, seems fine for you not to engage with this kind of content—I definitely don’t think you’re obliged to.
Rohin and Ben provided some examples that updated me upwards a little on critique posts being useful.
I think most of my points are fairly robust to the different definitions you gave so the line isn’t super important to me. This feels a bit nitpicky.
I don’t think that “criticism clearly mattering (e.g. getting someone to significantly improve their project)” is a very specific claim. I think that one of the main responses people would like to see to criticism of a specific project is for that project to change in line with the criticism. Unlike many of the other proposed benefits of criticism, it is a very empirical claim.
It suspect you think that this post should have been closer to “here are some points for and against criticism” on the EA Forum, but I don’t think posts need to be balanced or well-rounded like that, especially because, from my perspective, the forum is too pro-criticism but yeah, seems fine for you not to engage with this kind of content—I definitely don’t think you’re obliged to.