I generally directionally agree with Eli Nathan and Habryka’s responses. I also weak-downvoted this post (though felt borderline about that), for two reasons.
(1) I would have preferred a post that tried harder to even-handedly discuss and weigh up upsides and downsides, whereas this mostly highlighted upsides of expansion, and (2) I think it’s generally easier to publicly call for increased inclusivity than to publicly defend greater selectivity (the former will generally structurally have more advocates and defenders). In that context I feel worse about (1) and wish Scott had handled that asymmetry better.
But I wouldn’t have downvoted if this had been written by someone new to the community, I hold Scott to a higher standard and I’m pretty uncertain about the right policy with respect to voting differently in response to the same content on that basis.
I generally directionally agree with Eli Nathan and Habryka’s responses. I also weak-downvoted this post (though felt borderline about that), for two reasons.
(1) I would have preferred a post that tried harder to even-handedly discuss and weigh up upsides and downsides, whereas this mostly highlighted upsides of expansion, and (2) I think it’s generally easier to publicly call for increased inclusivity than to publicly defend greater selectivity (the former will generally structurally have more advocates and defenders). In that context I feel worse about (1) and wish Scott had handled that asymmetry better.
But I wouldn’t have downvoted if this had been written by someone new to the community, I hold Scott to a higher standard and I’m pretty uncertain about the right policy with respect to voting differently in response to the same content on that basis.