What sort of examples do you want? Do you want me to call out specific individuals who misquoted and say that’s bad? You could look through my comment history and find some examples if you want to, but I thought drawing attention to and shaming those people would be bad.
It’s generally a good sentiment to not want to call out specific individuals, particularly if they are not repeat offenders. However, if this is a widespread issue that is worth the attention of the community, then providing lots of examples will help demonstrate the scale of the problem without it seeming like you’re picking on one or two people.
If it is only one or two people who are repeat offenders, and these are senior members of EA orgs (and/or regular posters on the EA Forum), then it may be justified in shaming them.
It’s easier to discuss whether misquoting is very bad for truth seeking, and mistreats a victim, without simultaneously making it a discussion about whether particular individuals in the community are bad.
Without examples to demonstrate that it’s a common issue in the EA community, you may find that the discussion is very short, as I suspect most people will just think “yeah, misquoting is indeed bad for truth seeking, which is why I don’t do it”.
I don’t think I know enough about either to make that judgement.
Also tbh right now I don’t have the time or interest to debate this topic. I provided the above comments as possible reasons you received a few downvotes, rather than to indicate a desire to debate the topic itself.
It’s generally a good sentiment to not want to call out specific individuals, particularly if they are not repeat offenders. However, if this is a widespread issue that is worth the attention of the community, then providing lots of examples will help demonstrate the scale of the problem without it seeming like you’re picking on one or two people.
If it is only one or two people who are repeat offenders, and these are senior members of EA orgs (and/or regular posters on the EA Forum), then it may be justified in shaming them.
Without examples to demonstrate that it’s a common issue in the EA community, you may find that the discussion is very short, as I suspect most people will just think “yeah, misquoting is indeed bad for truth seeking, which is why I don’t do it”.
Do you believe misquoting violates consent similarly to deadnaming, and should have a similar norm against it? Yes or no?
I don’t think I know enough about either to make that judgement.
Also tbh right now I don’t have the time or interest to debate this topic. I provided the above comments as possible reasons you received a few downvotes, rather than to indicate a desire to debate the topic itself.