I’m not sure why you brought up the downvoting in your reply to my reply to your comment, rather than replying directly to the downvoted comment. To be clear, though, I did not downvote the comment, ask others to downvote the comment, or hear from others saying they had downvoted the comment.
Also, I could (and should) have been clearer that I was focusing only on points that I didn’t see covered in the post, rather than providing an exhaustive list of points. I generally try to comment with marginal value-add rather than reiterating things already mentioned in the post, which I think is sound, but for others who don’t know I’m doing that, it can be misleading. Thank you for making me notice that.
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I think this may be part of the problem in this context. Some EAs seem to take the attitude (i’m exaggerating a bit for effect) that if there was a post on the internet about it once, it’s been discussed.
In my case, I was basing it on stuff explicitly, directly mentioned in the post on which I am commenting, and a prominently linked post. This isn’t “there was a post on the internet about it once” this is more like “it is mentioned right here, in this post”. So I don’t think my comment is an example of this problem you highlight.
Speaking to the general problem you claim happens, I think it is a reasonable concern. I don’t generally endorse expecting people to have intricate knowledge of years’ worth of community material. People who cite previous discussions should generally try to link as specifically as possible to them, so that others can easily know what they’re talking about without having had a full map of past discussions.
But imo it’s also bad to bring up points as if they are brand new, when they have already been discussed before, and especially when others in the discussion have already explicitly linked to past discussions of those points.
I’m not sure why you brought up the downvoting in your reply to my reply to your comment, rather than replying directly to the downvoted comment. To be clear, though, I did not downvote the comment, ask others to downvote the comment, or hear from others saying they had downvoted the comment.
Also, I could (and should) have been clearer that I was focusing only on points that I didn’t see covered in the post, rather than providing an exhaustive list of points. I generally try to comment with marginal value-add rather than reiterating things already mentioned in the post, which I think is sound, but for others who don’t know I’m doing that, it can be misleading. Thank you for making me notice that.
Also:
In my case, I was basing it on stuff explicitly, directly mentioned in the post on which I am commenting, and a prominently linked post. This isn’t “there was a post on the internet about it once” this is more like “it is mentioned right here, in this post”. So I don’t think my comment is an example of this problem you highlight.
Speaking to the general problem you claim happens, I think it is a reasonable concern. I don’t generally endorse expecting people to have intricate knowledge of years’ worth of community material. People who cite previous discussions should generally try to link as specifically as possible to them, so that others can easily know what they’re talking about without having had a full map of past discussions.
But imo it’s also bad to bring up points as if they are brand new, when they have already been discussed before, and especially when others in the discussion have already explicitly linked to past discussions of those points.
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