I sometimes see linkpost or reposts on the forum, where I think to myself:
1-...is the person who’s posting standing by and defending what is said? Why are they posting this? Why don’t I have more context or commentary? If you do these sort of posts, what’s your rationale?
2-I sometimes disagree or think the epistemics are bad or the content of the post is clearly corroding the forum’s norms (often but not always hooligan-ish). I want to downvote them as hard as if they were genuinely written and endorsed as an EA forum post with an EA public in mind, despite the fact they’re presumably subject to softer moderation rules, and despite the fact that even my best criticism won’t reach the author if it’s a repost. Am I alone in thinking I’ll downvote anyhow and would encourage others to do so, in this context? If you disagree, what’s your take?
I can speak only for myself, but I treat linkposts like any other post unless the poster provides additional context.
I’ve linkposted many things I thought were flawed in some respect, but still worth sharing and contemplating; if someone disagreed, I’d want them to downvote me for my poor judgment.
Point of confusion:
I sometimes see linkpost or reposts on the forum, where I think to myself:
1-...is the person who’s posting standing by and defending what is said? Why are they posting this? Why don’t I have more context or commentary? If you do these sort of posts, what’s your rationale?
2-I sometimes disagree or think the epistemics are bad or the content of the post is clearly corroding the forum’s norms (often but not always hooligan-ish). I want to downvote them as hard as if they were genuinely written and endorsed as an EA forum post with an EA public in mind, despite the fact they’re presumably subject to softer moderation rules, and despite the fact that even my best criticism won’t reach the author if it’s a repost. Am I alone in thinking I’ll downvote anyhow and would encourage others to do so, in this context? If you disagree, what’s your take?
I can speak only for myself, but I treat linkposts like any other post unless the poster provides additional context.
I’ve linkposted many things I thought were flawed in some respect, but still worth sharing and contemplating; if someone disagreed, I’d want them to downvote me for my poor judgment.