I’m guessing it got downvoted because it was interpreted as an attack on polyamory, or relationships between EAs in general, coming from someone new to/outside the community, and didn’t spell out—when it should be obvious(!) -- that the reason that it’s a problem is conflict of interest (I spelled it out elsewhere in the thread and got upvoted. Shame that there is this fairly widespread blindspot in EA when it comes to conflicts of interest).
Yes, that sounds plausible. Perhaps I should have been clearer that it wasn’t an attack on polyamory, but a red flag indicating a high possibility of conflict of interest regardless of whether Ellison was in a romantic or sexual relationship with any of the other residents. The fact that you needed to spell it out in your comment (which was one of the comments I was referring to) is concerning, but I’ll take more care in the future to spell out any points I’,m trying to make.
I’m guessing it got downvoted because it was interpreted as an attack on polyamory, or relationships between EAs in general, coming from someone new to/outside the community, and didn’t spell out—when it should be obvious(!) -- that the reason that it’s a problem is conflict of interest (I spelled it out elsewhere in the thread and got upvoted. Shame that there is this fairly widespread blindspot in EA when it comes to conflicts of interest).
Yes, that sounds plausible. Perhaps I should have been clearer that it wasn’t an attack on polyamory, but a red flag indicating a high possibility of conflict of interest regardless of whether Ellison was in a romantic or sexual relationship with any of the other residents. The fact that you needed to spell it out in your comment (which was one of the comments I was referring to) is concerning, but I’ll take more care in the future to spell out any points I’,m trying to make.