That seems right, but I might be more inclined to push back against this kind of norm. I find on Reddit that I can be quite straightforward and brief, and people don’t downvote based on their interpretation of the feelings of the commenter. I would like to encourage that sort of norm on the EAF, rather than the norms that (as I see! and I could be wrong) focus on excessive positivity towards established views of the community as it currently stands.
I generally don’t like negativity, including negativity about negativity! (Harsh downvotes on cynical-seeming comments).
There are other times where harsh comments get a lot of upvotes; like around Leverage Research.
I think many people think that those go a bit too far and seem a bit more intense than the individuals mean. Similar to how you didn’t mean your comment to be too harsh, the downvoters probably didn’t mean to be too harsh in that signal.
That seems right, but I might be more inclined to push back against this kind of norm. I find on Reddit that I can be quite straightforward and brief, and people don’t downvote based on their interpretation of the feelings of the commenter. I would like to encourage that sort of norm on the EAF, rather than the norms that (as I see! and I could be wrong) focus on excessive positivity towards established views of the community as it currently stands.
I generally don’t like negativity, including negativity about negativity! (Harsh downvotes on cynical-seeming comments).
There are other times where harsh comments get a lot of upvotes; like around Leverage Research.
I think many people think that those go a bit too far and seem a bit more intense than the individuals mean. Similar to how you didn’t mean your comment to be too harsh, the downvoters probably didn’t mean to be too harsh in that signal.