I agree with this as stated, though I’m not sure how much overlap there is between the things we consider low-quality criticism. (I can think of at least one example where I was mildly annoyed that something got a lot of upvotes, but it seems awkward to point to publicly.)
I’m not so worried about becoming the target of low-quality criticism myself. I’m actually more worried about low-quality criticism crowding out higher-quality criticism. I can definitely think of instances where I wanted to say X but then was like “oh no, if I say X then people will lump this together with some other person saying nearby thing Y in a bad way, so I either need to be extra careful and explain that I’m not saying Y or shouldn’t say X after all”.
I’m overall not super worried because I think the opposite failure mode, i.e. appearing too unwelcoming of criticism, is worse.
I agree with this as stated, though I’m not sure how much overlap there is between the things we consider low-quality criticism. (I can think of at least one example where I was mildly annoyed that something got a lot of upvotes, but it seems awkward to point to publicly.)
I’m not so worried about becoming the target of low-quality criticism myself. I’m actually more worried about low-quality criticism crowding out higher-quality criticism. I can definitely think of instances where I wanted to say X but then was like “oh no, if I say X then people will lump this together with some other person saying nearby thing Y in a bad way, so I either need to be extra careful and explain that I’m not saying Y or shouldn’t say X after all”.
I’m overall not super worried because I think the opposite failure mode, i.e. appearing too unwelcoming of criticism, is worse.