I think a couple times, e.g. here and here, I got pretty swept up in how much I liked some of what a post was doing (with Evan Hubinger’s fraud post I liked for instance that he wasn’t trying to abandon or jettison consequentialism while still caring a lot about what went wrong with FTX, with Gavin’s post about moral compromise I liked that he was pointing at purity and perfection being unrealistic goals), that I wrote strongly positive comments that I later felt, after further comments and/or conversations, didn’t track all the threads I would have wanted to. (For the post-FTX one I also think I got swept up in worries that we would downplay the event as a community or not respond with integrity and so was emotionally relieved at someone taking a strong stance).
I don’t think this is always bad, it’s fine to comment on one aspect of a post, but if I’m doing that, I want to notice it and do it on purpose, especially when I’m writing a comment that gives a vibe of strong overall support.
I think a couple times, e.g. here and here, I got pretty swept up in how much I liked some of what a post was doing (with Evan Hubinger’s fraud post I liked for instance that he wasn’t trying to abandon or jettison consequentialism while still caring a lot about what went wrong with FTX, with Gavin’s post about moral compromise I liked that he was pointing at purity and perfection being unrealistic goals), that I wrote strongly positive comments that I later felt, after further comments and/or conversations, didn’t track all the threads I would have wanted to. (For the post-FTX one I also think I got swept up in worries that we would downplay the event as a community or not respond with integrity and so was emotionally relieved at someone taking a strong stance).
I don’t think this is always bad, it’s fine to comment on one aspect of a post, but if I’m doing that, I want to notice it and do it on purpose, especially when I’m writing a comment that gives a vibe of strong overall support.