I don’t think there have been any edits, and I’m sure Michael would identify them if he made any. I was trying to make my comment less personally-directed by broadening the scope (i.e not just talking about HLI and turning to a more general sentiment about input from ‘anonymous’ outsiders on this forum and how they might be perceived—I remain a bit confused about the ‘real name’ comment).
FWIW, I’ve had lots of positive interactions with EA members on this forum (in public and in private), even from such short-lived involvement, so it wasn’t a chip-on-the-shoulder type statement. I mean no smear against EA as a whole. Thanks for prompting me to clarify.
Oh gosh! Not at all, thanks so much for letting me know in that case—I’m sure others are reading it the same way if that was your interpretation.
I’m just being quite cautious in trying to not come across as some strangely specific and verbose troll with an HLI problem. My post wasn’t about HLI and I found it difficult striking a balance to respond to that comment without seeming to make it about HLI i.e. perhaps there could be an interpretation I’m acting in bad faith (should that interpretation exist at all) not due to previous critique of HLI but my short history on this forum. I personally think that is a fair thing to find suspicious (!) and it’s a reason I’ve felt there has been a higher burden on me vs established members in demonstrating I’m trying very hard to understand EA’s philosophy and methods to allow a good faith interpretation vs providing lazy, half-baked criticism—I was trying to allude to this in the end of that comment and in my response to Ray below.
The culture is clearly a bit more challenging for me, and I’m often doing a few things at once when I’m online, so please continue to call me out if I risk being misunderstood.
I don’t think there have been any edits, and I’m sure Michael would identify them if he made any. I was trying to make my comment less personally-directed by broadening the scope (i.e not just talking about HLI and turning to a more general sentiment about input from ‘anonymous’ outsiders on this forum and how they might be perceived—I remain a bit confused about the ‘real name’ comment).
FWIW, I’ve had lots of positive interactions with EA members on this forum (in public and in private), even from such short-lived involvement, so it wasn’t a chip-on-the-shoulder type statement. I mean no smear against EA as a whole. Thanks for prompting me to clarify.
Ah ok makes sense. I had read your comment as saying that Michael suggested you weren’t EA enough.
Oh gosh! Not at all, thanks so much for letting me know in that case—I’m sure others are reading it the same way if that was your interpretation.
I’m just being quite cautious in trying to not come across as some strangely specific and verbose troll with an HLI problem. My post wasn’t about HLI and I found it difficult striking a balance to respond to that comment without seeming to make it about HLI i.e. perhaps there could be an interpretation I’m acting in bad faith (should that interpretation exist at all) not due to previous critique of HLI but my short history on this forum. I personally think that is a fair thing to find suspicious (!) and it’s a reason I’ve felt there has been a higher burden on me vs established members in demonstrating I’m trying very hard to understand EA’s philosophy and methods to allow a good faith interpretation vs providing lazy, half-baked criticism—I was trying to allude to this in the end of that comment and in my response to Ray below.
The culture is clearly a bit more challenging for me, and I’m often doing a few things at once when I’m online, so please continue to call me out if I risk being misunderstood.