As a clarification: I don’t think “here are some good effects that would come out of getting lots of upvotes” would count as such an argument.
I am now feeling like the legitimate use cases for such arguments might be narrow enough, and their benefits small enough, that it might be better to have a norm that disallows them, for the sake of being a cleaner rule. Or maybe it should be okay to make arguments so long as you explicitly cancel any implicature that you’re asking people to upvote? Confused about what’s best here.
I agree. But I think it should be okay to present arguments for why the post might get fewer upvotes than it deserves.
As a clarification: I don’t think “here are some good effects that would come out of getting lots of upvotes” would count as such an argument.
I am now feeling like the legitimate use cases for such arguments might be narrow enough, and their benefits small enough, that it might be better to have a norm that disallows them, for the sake of being a cleaner rule. Or maybe it should be okay to make arguments so long as you explicitly cancel any implicature that you’re asking people to upvote? Confused about what’s best here.