I’m also a bit surprised, if I’m not mistaken the post had negative karma at one point. People of course downvote for other reasons than controversy, e.g. from the forum’s voting norms section:
“I didn’t find this relevant.” “I think this contains an error.” “This is technically fine, but annoying to read.”
But I’d be sad if people get the impression that posts like this that reflect on altruistic motivations would not be welcome.
(I observed downvotes from 10 to 5. Is there anything that controversial in or about the post?..)
I’m also a bit surprised, if I’m not mistaken the post had negative karma at one point. People of course downvote for other reasons than controversy, e.g. from the forum’s voting norms section:
“I didn’t find this relevant.”
“I think this contains an error.”
“This is technically fine, but annoying to read.”
But I’d be sad if people get the impression that posts like this that reflect on altruistic motivations would not be welcome.
Yes, this was a bit puzzling for me. Good to see it redeemed a bit. I could see the post being disliked for a few reasons:
An image of EA as focused on suffering might be bad for the movement
It’s preaching to the choir (which it definitely is)
Anyway, thanks for the reassuring comment!