Just realized I never posted this comment that I wrote a ~week ago!:
What you’re saying is not uncommon. People on EA Forum are very smart and love to engage in criticism, no doubt. Sometimes, it comes off as harsh, too. It is a bit intimidating.
Overall I like getting criticism on my blog posts although it can be tough seeing you made a stupid error and now someone is upset at you. If you’re worried about loosing standing in the EA community because you accidentally publish something wrong, that’s something I worry about too. I’m not sure how much worry about that is appropriate, though. As far as social consequences, a lot of people will be impressed just to see you publishing something, and fewer will be aware you wrote something wrong unless you really screw things up. A retraction or correction can go along way to remedy things, too.
Hey Dan—thank you for your comments! Yes, this must be a fairly common anxiety. I think you make a good point that a retraction or correction goes a long way—I would certainly respect someone for publicly retracting or correcting something.
Just realized I never posted this comment that I wrote a ~week ago!:
What you’re saying is not uncommon. People on EA Forum are very smart and love to engage in criticism, no doubt. Sometimes, it comes off as harsh, too. It is a bit intimidating.
Overall I like getting criticism on my blog posts although it can be tough seeing you made a stupid error and now someone is upset at you. If you’re worried about loosing standing in the EA community because you accidentally publish something wrong, that’s something I worry about too. I’m not sure how much worry about that is appropriate, though. As far as social consequences, a lot of people will be impressed just to see you publishing something, and fewer will be aware you wrote something wrong unless you really screw things up. A retraction or correction can go along way to remedy things, too.
Hey Dan—thank you for your comments! Yes, this must be a fairly common anxiety. I think you make a good point that a retraction or correction goes a long way—I would certainly respect someone for publicly retracting or correcting something.