After watching the voting unfold, I think the identity-politics concern is real. Many comments were heavily upvoted soon after being posted.
I’m not sure what timescale “soon after being posted” represents here. Is your concern more along the lines of:
(a) People seem to have been upvoting comments without having had time to read/think about them,
(b) People seem to have been upvoting comments without having had time to read/think about your post and how it interacted with those comments, or
(c) People seem to have been upvoting comments without having had time to read/think about all the other comments up to that point?
(Or some mix of those, of course.)
I remember taking 5-10 minutes to read some of the shorter arguments, then upvoting them because they made an interesting point or linked me to an article I found useful.
It feels like people aren’t likely to spend more than 10 minutes reading/thinking about a Forum comment other than in exceptional cases, but perhaps there are ways you can encourage the right kind of slow thinking in contest posts?
I’m not sure what timescale “soon after being posted” represents here. Is your concern more along the lines of:
(a) People seem to have been upvoting comments without having had time to read/think about them,
(b) People seem to have been upvoting comments without having had time to read/think about your post and how it interacted with those comments, or
(c) People seem to have been upvoting comments without having had time to read/think about all the other comments up to that point?
(Or some mix of those, of course.)
I remember taking 5-10 minutes to read some of the shorter arguments, then upvoting them because they made an interesting point or linked me to an article I found useful.
It feels like people aren’t likely to spend more than 10 minutes reading/thinking about a Forum comment other than in exceptional cases, but perhaps there are ways you can encourage the right kind of slow thinking in contest posts?
(b), perhaps with a dash of (a) too