I’ve discussed this with Owen a bit further. How emotions relate to norms of discourse is a tricky topic but I personally think many people would agree on the following pointers going forward (not addressed to Fluttershy in particular):
Dos:
flag your emotions when they are relevant to the discussion. e.g. “I became sick of redrafting this post so please excuse if it comes across as grumpy”, or “These research problems seem hard and I’m unmotivated to try to work more on them”.
discuss emotional issues relevant to many EAs
Don’ts:
use emotion as a rhetorical boost for your arguments (appeal to emotion)
mix arguments together with calls for social support
mix arguments with personal emotional information that would make an EA (or regular) audience uncomfortable.
Of course, if you want to engage emotionally with a specific people, you can use private messages.
I’ve discussed this with Owen a bit further. How emotions relate to norms of discourse is a tricky topic but I personally think many people would agree on the following pointers going forward (not addressed to Fluttershy in particular):
Dos:
flag your emotions when they are relevant to the discussion. e.g. “I became sick of redrafting this post so please excuse if it comes across as grumpy”, or “These research problems seem hard and I’m unmotivated to try to work more on them”.
discuss emotional issues relevant to many EAs
Don’ts:
use emotion as a rhetorical boost for your arguments (appeal to emotion)
mix arguments together with calls for social support
mix arguments with personal emotional information that would make an EA (or regular) audience uncomfortable.
Of course, if you want to engage emotionally with a specific people, you can use private messages.