Strongly agree. I came on this thread to suggest this.
I have posted on the forum before, but I have recently developed some health problems (fatigue etc) that mean I can no longer afford the energy necessary to participate in comment discussions. This is the main reason why I am no longer posting. I would be far more incentivised to make future posts if I could turn off the options for people to make comments where I deem that comments would not add much value to the post (i.e. I would use this feature on lifestyle suggestions or resource recommendations, but not on philosophical hot takes).
Disagree. It’s nice to have the space to talk about the idea for others, and I feel like both problems mentioned by both anon and Ren can be remedied by clearer communication:
Anon: if you want specific, let’s say interpersonal, things to be handled in DM, you can specify it in the post. I’m happy to dm instead of comment if the author clearly communicates that’s what they want.
Ren: just flag that you can’t participate in the discussion in your post, and I think everyone will understand if you are absent, but tossing out a “philosophical hot take” and turning comments off sounds fairly negative to me, because there should at least be a convenient space to discuss it, removing that seeming like you’re signaling you’re putting out a PSA and not an idea you (or others in the comments) would like to form further through discussion and critique
Add the option to disable comments on your posts.
Strongly agree. I came on this thread to suggest this.
I have posted on the forum before, but I have recently developed some health problems (fatigue etc) that mean I can no longer afford the energy necessary to participate in comment discussions. This is the main reason why I am no longer posting. I would be far more incentivised to make future posts if I could turn off the options for people to make comments where I deem that comments would not add much value to the post (i.e. I would use this feature on lifestyle suggestions or resource recommendations, but not on philosophical hot takes).
Disagree. It’s nice to have the space to talk about the idea for others, and I feel like both problems mentioned by both anon and Ren can be remedied by clearer communication:
Anon: if you want specific, let’s say interpersonal, things to be handled in DM, you can specify it in the post. I’m happy to dm instead of comment if the author clearly communicates that’s what they want.
Ren: just flag that you can’t participate in the discussion in your post, and I think everyone will understand if you are absent, but tossing out a “philosophical hot take” and turning comments off sounds fairly negative to me, because there should at least be a convenient space to discuss it, removing that seeming like you’re signaling you’re putting out a PSA and not an idea you (or others in the comments) would like to form further through discussion and critique